The Giant Mushroom
大蘑菇
Once there was a bunny named Skippy, who lived in a burrow, with his younger brother. One day, there was no food in the burrow for their breakfast. The brother was very hungry and began to cry. Skippy was very sorry for him and went out for something suitable for a meal.
从前，有一只叫跳跳的小兔子，他和弟弟住在一个洞里。有一天，家里没有食物做早饭了（这里怪怪的…），弟弟饿得哭了起来。跳跳心疼弟弟，于是，他出门找吃的去了。
He searched all through the woods, but could not find anything fit for his brother to eat.
He is so said about his brother being hungry, that he felt like crying.
“I must ask my friends for some food,” he said. So off he went to his friends.
跳跳找遍了树林，也没找到吃的。
想到弟弟还饿着肚子，跳跳很伤心，真想想哭啊！
“我得去找朋友帮帮忙，”跳跳这样想着，就去找他的朋友了。
“My dear friends,” he said, “My little brother is crying from hunger. I looked and looked, but could not find anything for him to eat. May I have some of your food please?” He asked all of his friends, but no one gave him even a crumb of or a wilted carrot top.
“Oh no.” they all cried, “We don’t have anything extra. We have food for ourselves only.”
“Oh! Please, give me some small thing. My little brother is crying!” Bumpy pleaded and pleaded, but they didn’t listen.
“亲爱的朋友们，我的小弟弟都饿哭了。我在树林里找了好久，怎么也找不到可以吃的东西。你们可以给我点儿吃的吗？”跳跳把所有朋友都问了个遍，可是他的朋友们不肯给她任何东西，连面包渣、干胡萝卜头都没有！
他们尖声回答说：“不行不行，我们的食物只够自己吃，没有多余的啊。”
跳跳哀求道：“求求你们了，给我一点点吃的就行，我的小弟弟都饿哭啦！”可是，没人肯帮他。
He went away, his head down and his little bunny tail dragging.
“Oh, my poor brother must be very hungry by now,” he wailed.
He was so sad. He sat down in the middle of the meadow and cried.
“What can I give my little brother?” He asked the buttercups.
He thought and thought.
跳跳垂着头走开了，短尾巴在身后没精神地摇晃着。（这里也很怪…）
“呜呜，我可怜的弟弟一定饿坏了！”他一边痛哭一边这样想。
跳跳坐在草地上，伤心地问一株金凤花：“小花，你说我能给弟弟吃什么呢？”
他坐在那里想了又想……
Then, suddenly he saw a small bud fallen on the ground.
“What is it?” He picked it up.
Oh! A dried up mushroom bud! But how can my little brother, eat this tiny thing? He wondered.
I must try to make something out of this, he thought.
忽然，他看到一颗种子落在地上。
“咦？这是什么？”跳跳捡起了种子。
呀！这是一颗风干了的蘑菇种子啊！可是，这么小的种子我弟弟怎么吃得饱呢？
跳跳想，我得让种子长出果实来才行。
“Oh!” he cried happily. He got a good idea.
“I’ll try.”
He dug a little hole in the ground and planted the bud.
“Oh! Please, little bud! Please, grow up! Grow, grow, grow up quickly! My little brother is crying in hunger,” Skippy pleaded.
“对啦！”跳跳想到一个好办法，高兴地喊了起来。
“我要试一试。”
他在地上挖了一个小坑，把种子埋了进去。
跳跳央求道：“小种子，求求你快长大，快快长大吧！我弟弟都饿哭啦！”
The sun, who was looking down on little Skippy, felt very sad.
Oh, poor bunny! He is trying to earn food for his brother. I must help him, he thought.
And he gave a lot of sunshine and warmth for the bud to grow quickly.
太阳公公在天上看着跳跳，心里很难过。
他想，可怜的小兔子，瞧他正给弟弟种蘑菇呢！我得帮帮他。
于是，太阳公公发出了许多光芒和热量，好让种子快快长大。
The rain too, was watching Skippy and felt sorry for him.
I must help this poor bunny, who is trying hard to feed his little brother, the rain thought.
He started raining to give lots of water for the bud to grow.
雨点姐姐看到了跳跳，也为她感到难过。
她想，这只小兔子正努力养活弟弟呢！我得帮帮他。
于是，雨点姐姐下起了雨，给了种子足够的水分，好让它快快长大。
The earth too, felt sorry for him.
He seems to be a very good brother. I too, must help this poor bunny’s effort, thought the earth.
And, the earth gave the mushroom bud, support and nourishment to grow.
土地爷爷也为跳跳感到难过。
他想，这只小兔子一定是个好哥哥，我得帮帮他。
于是，土地爷爷给了种子动力和营养，好让它快快长大。
With the help of the sun, the rain and the earth, the mushroom bud grew very fast.
It grew, grew and grew.
And soon, it became a very, very big mushroom.
在太阳公公、雨点姐姐和土地爷爷的帮助下，蘑菇种子长得飞快。
它长啊，长啊，长啊……
不一会儿，它就长成了一颗很大很大的蘑菇。
“Oh! It’s a giant mushroom!”
Skippy skipped around in circles, he was so happy.
He run home and brought his brother back, to see the giant mushroom.
The little brother too, was very happy.
“呀，这真是一颗大蘑菇啊！”
跳跳绕着大蘑菇跳来跳去，他真是太高兴啦！
跳跳跑回家，把弟弟带来看这棵大蘑菇，弟弟也好开心啊！
“This is too much for us. We should call our friends to share with us. We should not eat this all alone,” said Skippy.
Even though his friends didn’t give him anything, he wanted to give them what he could. And so he called all his friends.
All of them came running.
It was too big for them, too.
They could never finish eating the giant mushroom.
跳跳对弟弟说：“蘑菇太大了，我们两个吃不完。把朋友叫来和我们一起分享吧，这么大的蘑菇我们可不能独吞。”
虽然跳跳的朋友们什么也不肯给他，他还是想和大家一起分享这个大蘑菇。于是，跳跳把朋友们都请来了。
朋友们迫不及待地赶了过来。
不过，蘑菇对他们来说也太大了。
直到最后，跳跳和朋友们也没能把那个大蘑菇吃完。
“Skippy, thank you very much for sharing this tasty mushroom with us, even though we haven’t given you, anything. We are very sorry about it,” they said.
“No, it’s all right. After all, we are friends,” said Skippy. He was very happy.
跳跳的朋友们说：“跳跳，我们什么都没有给你，你还请我们吃这么美味的蘑菇，真是太感谢你了！以前我们那么对你，真是对不起。”
跳跳说：“没关系，我们是朋友嘛！”他高兴极了。
And of course, he didn’t forget to thank the sun, rain and earth, who had help him so much.
The giant mushroom gave food and shelter to all of them, every day. They all live together happily, under the giant mushroom, forever.
当然，跳跳没有忘记感谢太阳公公、雨点姐姐和土地爷爷，他们帮了跳跳那么多忙。
大蘑菇为跳跳和他的朋友们提供了食物和家园，从此，他们在大蘑菇下过上了永远快乐的生活。