桃子++沈屏

那时候，小青蛙还太小，老青蛙还不老，他们主要在青草池塘附近生活，那里的水草非常丰美。

小青蛙和老青蛙是一场大雨过后认识的。当时，小青蛙屁股后面的尾巴还没有丢，青草池塘四周全是青草和新泥的香味。从那天开始他俩就不分开了。

Once upon a time， Little Frog was young and small， while Old Frog was not too old. Most of the time， they lived near the pond where lush green grass grew.

They first met after a heavy rain. Little Frog still had his tail behind him and the fresh flavor of grass and mud was everywhere around their pond home. From that day on， they went everywhere together.

青蛙基本上是跳着走路的。老青蛙走在前面说：“出发了，小东西，跟上！”小青蛙便乖乖跟在后面。有时候小青蛙也生气，“嘿，等等我，我跳不远。”老青蛙便说：“我可以等你，飞虫可不等你，要不快点跳，我们会饿死的。”

小青蛙要跟在老青蛙后面学习跳跃。有一次，小青蛙练习从一片荷叶跳到另一片荷叶，结果扑通掉在水里。自己还被吓了一跳。老青蛙蹲在对面的大荷叶上面呱呱大笑。

他们在草丛里跳來跳去的多半是为了食物。

Instead of running， they hopped. Old Frog led the way and said， “Here we go little one. Be quick！” Little Frog would then picked up and followed him. Sometimes Little Frog was upset with Old Frog， crying out， “Hey！ Please wait for me！ I can't do that！ I can't jump far like you！” Old Frog replied， “I can wait for you but the flying insects won't. If you don't learn to jump， we will starve！”

So the young frog practiced， jumping from one lotus leaf to another but he always splashed into the water. Little Frog was taken aback when this happened， but Old Frog couldn't help but laugh.

Here and there they hopped through the grass， looking for food.

小青蛙当然喜欢食物，但最喜欢的事情还是老青蛙蹲在池塘边睡觉，这时候不用跳来跳去的。有一回有一只红蜻蜓从老青蛙头顶飞过，小青蛙看见了，心想：“这飞虫是不要命了。”与蜻蜓的肉相比，小青蛙更喜欢看红蜻蜓在池塘上空飞来飞去的样子。在这里，要是没有她们飞来飞去的也太单调乏味了。小青蛙担心总有一天她们要被老青蛙捕光。

Little Frog loved food but he also liked when Old Frog took a nap. Then he could have a good rest， too. One day when Old Frog was sleeping， a red dragonfly flew over him. Little Frog saw her and said to himself， “She is risking her neck.” Little Frog liked to see the dance of the dragonflies over the pond and he thought of them less as food now. The pond would be a dull place without the dragonflies flying over. Little Frog was afraid the dragonflies would all become food for Old Frog.

“幸亏现在老青蛙是睡着的！”小青蛙小声告诉蜻蜓，“快离开，你下面有一张大嘴呀！你没有看见吗？”

其实老青蛙是假装睡觉，他猛地吐出长长的舌头。当然这一次他没得手，红蜻蜓及时飞离了险境，红蜻蜓在空中向小青蛙致谢。

老青蛙很生气，“小东西，这不是开玩笑的时候！……