On the third day after he was born, Little Elephant went with his mother to the banks of a stream, and there he saw a bird in the sky flying here and there. Little Elephant said: “If I could fly, I could see even more things, it would be great!”
In order to learn to fly, Little Elephant climbed a tree and, with a yelp of “Ai Yo!”, fell heavily to the ground.
Seeing this, the snake said: “Little elephant, we all have our own abilities. I can’t fly, but I can sleep in a tree.”
Lion said: “I also can’t fly, but I can jump across a wide river.”
Tiger said, “I can’t fly, but I can swim!”
Little Elephant’s father and mother said to him, “We elephants have great strength, incomparably greater than that little bird’s.”
Little Elephant understood. He used his long nose as a hook and moved a large branch.

小象生下來(lái)的第三天，跟媽媽來(lái)到小河邊，看見(jiàn)一只小鳥在天空飛來(lái)飛去。小象想：“要是我也會(huì)飛，可以看到更多的東西，多好呀！”
小象爬到樹去學(xué)飛“哎喲”一聲，摔了一個(gè)大跟頭。
蛇看見(jiàn)了說(shuō):“小象，我們有自己的本事。我不會(huì)飛，可是，我會(huì)在樹上睡覺(jué)?！?br> 獅子說(shuō):“我也不會(huì)飛，可是，我能跳過(guò)寬寬的大河。”
老虎說(shuō):“我不會(huì)飛，可是我會(huì)游泳！”
爸爸媽媽對(duì)小象說(shuō):“我們象的力氣大，這是小鳥不能比的?！毙∠竺靼琢?。他用長(zhǎng)鼻子一鉤，大木頭就搬走了。