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One day some boys at play by a pond threw stones into the water.
Some frogs lived in this pond. When a frog put his head out of the water, the boys threw stones at him.
At last an old frog put up his head and said, “Boys, do not throw stones. You hurt us.”
“We are in play,” said the boys.
“Yes,” the frog said, “but the stones hurt us. It is play for you, but it is not play for us.”
一天,一些男孩在池塘边往水里扔石头玩。
池塘里住着不少青蛙。只要有青蛙把脑袋探出水面,男孩们就朝他扔石头。
最后一只老青蛙出来说:“孩子们,别再扔了。你们伤害了我们。”
“我们玩玩而已。”男孩们说。
“是吗?但石头砸伤了我们。”青蛙说,“对你们来说是玩,可对我们来说并不是。”