小王子 第1集 不是帽子，是大蟒蛇! (双语听故事)

我六岁那年，有一次，在一本书里看见一幅很棒的图画，那本书叫《亲身经历的故事》，写原始森林。那幅图画上，一条大蟒蛇正在吞吃一头猛兽。我把它描了下来。

Oncewhen I was six years old I saw a magnificent picture in a book,called TrueStories from Nature, about the primeval forest. It was a picture of a boaconstrictor in the act of swallowing an animal. Here is a copy of the drawing.

书里写着：“大蟒蛇把猎物整个吞下，嚼都不嚼。然后，它动弹不了，它得睡上整整六个月，才能消化肚子里的东西。”对原始森林的探险，我当时想得很多。于是，我也用一支彩色铅笔，画出了我的第一张画。画作第1号。就像这样：

Inthe book it said: "Boa constrictors swallow their prey whole, withoutchewing it. After that they are not able to move, and they sleep through thesix months that they need for digestion." I pondered deeply, then, overthe adventures of the jungle. And after some work with a colored pencil Isucceeded in making my first drawing. My Drawing Number One. It looked likethis:

我把我的杰作拿给大人们看，问他们：“我的画是不是让你们很害怕？”

Ishowed my masterpiece to the grown­ups, and asked them whether the drawingfrightened them.

他们回答：“一顶帽子有什么好怕的？”

Butthey answered: "Frighten? Why should any one be frightened by a hat?"

可我画的不是帽子呀。我画的是一条大蟒蛇，正在消化一头大象。于是我把大蟒蛇的肚子里面也画了出来，好让大人们看个明白。大人们老是要人解释。这是画作第2号

Mydrawing was not a picture of a hat. It was a picture of a boa constrictordigesting an elephant. But since the grown­ups were not able to understand it,I made another drawing: I drew the inside of the boa constrictor, so that thegrown­ups could see it clearly. They always need to have things explained. MyDrawing Number Two.