Depend on Ourselves 依靠自己

Depend on Ourselves

Little Snail asked her mother, “Why do we bear this hard and heavy shell as soon as we were born?”

Mother said, “Because our bodies don’t have bones to support. We have to climb, yet not so fast, hence we need this shell for protection!”

Little Snail said, “Sister Caterpillar has no bones and doesn’t climb fast, why doesn’t she bear this hard and heavy shell?”

Mother said, “Because she can turn into a butterfly, and the sky will protect her.”

Little Snail said, “But Brother Earthworm has no bones and doesn’t climb fast. He won’t become a butterfly either. Why doesn’t he bear the hard and heavy shell?”

Mother replied, “Because he can dig into the earth, and the earth will protect him.”

Little Snail cried, “We are so poor that neither the sky nor the earth will protect us.”

Mother comforted her, “So we have the shells! We neither rely on the sky nor the earth, but rely on ourselves!”

靠自己

小蜗牛问妈妈：“为什么我们从生下来，就要背负这个又硬又重的壳呢？”

妈妈说：“因为我们的身体没有骨骼的支撑，只能爬，又爬不快，所以要这个壳的保护！”

小蜗牛说：“毛毛虫姐姐没有骨头，也爬不快，为什么她就不用背这个又硬又重的壳呢？”

妈妈说：“因为她能变成蝴蝶，天空会保护她。”

小蜗牛说：“蚯蚓弟弟也没有骨头爬不快。而且，他也并会变成蝴蝶。为什么他也不背这个又硬又重的壳呢？”

妈妈说：“因为他会钻土，大地会保护他。”

小蜗牛哭了起来：“我们好可怜啊！天空不保护，大地也不保护。”

妈妈安慰她道：“所以我们才有壳啊！我们既不靠天，也不靠地，而是靠我们自己！”