Frogs Should Not Talk

Another off week, another translation from my daughter:

The Frog Moves Away

A pair of big geese and a frog were best friends. Together they lived by a lake for a long time. They were so close to each other, they were like a family. One year, there wasn’t any rain, the lake slowly dried out. Soon, there will be no drinking water. The big geese want to fly to where there is water. But, they couldn’t leave the frog behind. What could they do? The frog couldn’t fly, so to bring the frog wasn’t very easy.

The frog was very smart and after thinking he said, “If you get a stick, both of you bite the two ends, I bite the middle and you fly, and then, can’t you bring me?”

The geese thought this idea was very good. They decided to start at once. So, the two geese bit the two ends of the stick, the frog bit the middle and they flew to the sky. When the people saw this, they were very confused. The people yelled, “Quick, come and see! Two big geese are carrying a frog and flying, what a great idea!”

The frog thought, this was my idea, why are they saying it was the geese’s idea?

They continued to fly, and more people saw them. Everybody yelled with surprise, “Quick, come and see! Two big geese are carrying a frog and flying, what a great idea!”

The frog thought, this was my idea! This time, the frog almost spoke out.

They flew and flew, and more and more people saw them. More people yelled with surprise, “Quick, come and see! Two big geese are carrying a frog and flying, what a great idea!” The frog couldn’t stand it anymore, “This was my… …” Right when he opened his mouth, he fell from the sky and died.

青蛙搬家

一对大雁和一只青蛙是最好的朋友。它们一起在湖边住了很久，亲热得就像是一家人。有一年，一直不下雨，湖水慢慢干了，眼看就要没水喝了。大雁想飞到有水的地方去，但是又舍不得把青蛙留下来。怎么办呢？青蛙不能飞，要带着青蛙走，这可不是一件容易的事。

青蛙非常聪明，它想了想就说：“用一根小棒子，你俩咬着两头，我咬着中间，你们一飞，不就可以把我带走了吗？”

大雁觉得这个主意很好，就决定立刻动身。就这样，两只大雁用嘴咬着小棒的两头，青蛙用嘴咬着小棒的中间，它们在天空里飞了起来。地上的人看见了，都很奇怪。人们喊着：“快来看哪，大雁带着青蛙飞，真有办法！”

青蛙心想：这是我想的办法呀，怎么说是大雁的办法呢？

它们继续往前飞，又有许多人看见了。大家都惊奇地喊着：“快来看哪，大雁带着青蛙飞，真有办法！”

青蛙心想：这是我想的办法呀！这一次，青蛙差一点说出了口。

它们飞啊飞，有更多更多的人看见了。更多的人在惊奇地喊道：“快来看哪，大雁带着青蛙飞，真有办法！”青蛙再也忍不住了：“这是我... ...”它刚一张嘴，就从天上掉下来，摔死了。