Some mischievous¹ boys were playing on the edge of a pond, and, catching² sight of some frogs swimming about in the shallow water, they began to amuse themselves by pelting³ them with stones, and they killed several of them. At last one of the frogs put his head out of the water and said, "Oh, stop! stop! I beg you: what is sport to you is death to us."

 

几个淘气的孩子在水池边玩耍，浅水中正在游泳的几只青蛙映入他们的眼帘，他们便用石头去打青蛙，以此作为消遣娱乐。甚至于，他们还打死了几只青蛙。最后，一只青蛙从水中伸出头来，说：“住手！住手！求你们不要再打了。对你们来说，这是一个活动，可是对于我们来说，却是致命一击啊。“

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