【一】

　　 Clever rabbit

　　 The wolf and the fox wanted to eat the rabbit, but it wasn't easy to catch him.

　　 One day the wolf said to the fox, "You go home and lie in bed. I'll tell the rabbit that you are dead. When he comes to look at you, you can jump up and catch him." That's a good idea," said the fox.

　　 He went home at once. The wolf went to the rabbit's house and knocked at the door. "Who is it?" asked the rabbit. "It's the wolf. I've come to tell you that the fox is dead." Then the wolf went away.

　　 The rabbit went to the fox's house. He looked in through the window and saw the fox lying in bed with his eyes closed. He thought, "Is the fox really dead or is he pretending to be dead? If he's not dead, he'll catch me when I go near him." so he said, "The wolf says that the fox is dead. But he doesn't look like a dead fox. The mouth of a dead fox is always open." When the fox heard this, he thought, "I'll show him that I'm dead." So he opened his mouth.

　　 The rabbit knew that the fox wasn't dead, and he ran as quickly as he could.

　　 【译文】

　　 聪明的兔子

　　 狼和狐狸想要吃掉兔子，但是这只兔子太难抓到了。

　　 一天，狼对狐狸说：“你回家假装躺在床上。我去告诉兔子你已经死了。当他来看你的时候，你就可以跳起来抓住他了。”“真是个好主意!”狐狸说。

　　 于是他立刻回到家。狼去兔子的房前敲了敲门，“是谁啊?”兔子问道。“狼，我是来告诉你狐狸已经死了。”说完狼就走开了。兔子去狐狸家看情况。他通过狐狸家的窗户看到闭着眼睛的狐狸躺在床上。他想，狐狸是真的死了，还是在假装呢?如果他没有死，那么我走近他就会被他抓住。于是他说：“狼说狐狸死了。但是他看起来并不像死掉了呀。死去的狐狸通常都是张着嘴的。”狐狸听到这些话就想：我得证明自己是真的死了。于是他张开了嘴巴。

　　 这时兔子知道狐狸并没有死，他就以最快的速度跑开啦。

　　 【二】

　　 放寒假了,我们一起回家看望爷爷奶奶。第二天一早,大伯和二姑父一起来找我爸爸去抓野兔。我一听去抓野兔,心里非常兴奋,因为我是第一次去抓野兔。

　　 我们带上网,领着狗出发了。刚走出村子,爸爸发现了一只大野兔,它的皮毛是土黄色的,趴在树叶堆里很难发现,长长的耳朵上有些白毛,我们围着它悄悄的支上网,然后大伯捡起几块大石头朝野兔扔去。野兔发现有人就慌忙跑了起来,跑到我们支的网上,野兔被网住了。野兔在网中用力挣扎了几下,也许是没力气了,它放弃了挣扎,静静躺在那里一动不动。大家很高兴,爸爸急忙跑了过去。就在爸爸离它还有一米远的时候,野兔突然蹦了起来,用力挣破了网逃走了。我们大家空欢喜了一场。

　　 原来它没有放弃,躺在那里养足精力,做最后的挣扎。多么聪明机智的野兔呀!