適合年齡：

6歲以上

資源介紹：

本文分享的是My First Reading Library我的第一個圖書館系列中的繪本《How Elephants lost their Wings》，翻譯成中文名為：大象是怎么失去翅膀的，pdf格式，提供百度網盤下載。

繪本簡介：

這個故事來源于一個印度的神話傳說，很久以前大象會飛，而且它們有五彩繽紛的美麗翅膀，那么后來它們的翅膀去哪里呢?

繪本內容翻譯：

Once upon a time, elephants could fly.

很久很久以前，大象是可以飛的。

They flew everywhere.

他們漫天飛舞。

They flew high into the sky…

他們飛到天空中，

and down to the ground.

飛到地面上。

They even looped the loop.

他們在空中翻跟頭。

Sometimes, the gods flew on their backs.

有時，神坐在他們的背上飛。

But the elephants were noisy.

但是大象太吵了。

They yelled, and crowed like roosters.

他們大喊大叫，像公雞一樣響。

Trees and houses shook below them.

樹和房子們都在大象下顫抖。

They flew into trees and smashed them.

當他們穿過樹林時，就弄折樹干。

They landed on houses…

他們降落到房頂上，

and fell right through.

直接把房子坐塌了。

Soon all the trees were broken and there were no houses left.

不久，所有的樹都死掉了，也沒有完整的房子了。

“We must stop them,”said the gods, and they thought of a trick.

神說：“我們必須阻止他們。”神想了一個辦法。

They invited the elephants to a grand feast. The elephants ate…and ate.

他們邀請大象吃了一頓豐盛的筵席。大象們不停滴吃啊吃啊吃啊。

When their tummies were full, they slept.

當大象們吃的肚子溜圓后，就睡著了。

The gods took away their wings.

神趁機把他們的翅膀拿走。

they gave them to the peacocks and the banana trees.

并把翅膀送給了孔雀和香蕉樹。

the elephants were very cross.

大象們很生氣。

They shouted and they stomped.

他們大喊大叫，開始搞破壞。

But they didn’t get their wings back and they never flew again.

但他們再也拿不回他們的翅膀了，再也不能飛了。