聪明的猴子。
A smart monkey

The monkey and the crocodile
猴子和鳄鱼

Once, a crocodile (鳄鱼) liked bananas. However, they only grew on trees and the crocodile could not reach them.
曾经，有一只鳄鱼喜欢吃香蕉。然而，香蕉是长在树上的，鳄鱼够不到。

A monkey watched the crocodile for some time and then said, “Allow me to get some bananas for you.”
一只猴子观察了鳄鱼很久，说：“我给你拿一些香蕉吧。”

The crocodile ate most of the bananas, and took some home to his wife.
鳄鱼吃了很多香蕉，拿了一些回家给他的妻子。

“If that monkey lives on bananas,” the crocodile’s wife said, “his liver (肝) must be very tasty. Try to ask him to visit us, and then we can have a good meal of monkey liver.”
鳄鱼的妻子说：“如果那只猴子靠香蕉为生，那么他的肝脏肯定很美味。请他来我们家，那么我们就可以享用他的肝脏了。”

The next day, the crocodile went back to the banana tree.
第二天，鳄鱼回到了香蕉树那儿。

“My wife is sick and she wants you to visit her,” the crocodile told the monkey.
鳄鱼对猴子说：“我的妻子生病了，希望你能够去看望她。”

“All right,” the monkey said.
猴子说：“好的。“

The crocodile then carried the monkey across the river to their home.
就这，鳄鱼载着猴子穿过小河到他们家去。

“Tell me what your problem is,” the monkey said to her, “and I’ll suggest some medicine for you.”
猴子对她说：“告诉我你生了什么病，那样我可以给你推荐一点药。”

“The only medicine I need,” she said, “is your liver.”
她说：“我只需要一种药那就是你的肝脏。”

Thinking quickly, the monkey said, “I left my liver in a banana tree. Would you like me to get it?”
猴子很快地想了一下，说：“我把我的肝脏放在了香蕉树上，你就一回去取一下吗？”

The crocodile’s wife agreed that the monkey should go and get it, so her husband carried him back to the banana tree. Then the monkey climbed to the tree and disappeared.
鳄鱼的妻子同意放猴子回去拿他的肝脏，所以她的丈夫载着猴子回到了香蕉树。接着，猴子爬上了树消失了。

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