| 1. | Ben and a number of his friends were fishing for minnows at the edge of an inlet .
本和他的一些伙伴在一个小水湾边钓鲦鱼。 |
| 2. | Still stunned , the fish floated about for an instant
鲦鱼仍然不省人事，他在水中漂浮了一会儿。 |
| 3. | “ like what ? ” asked the fish
“什么有趣的事情？ ”鲦鱼问道。 |
| 4. | In the middle of the day he found two minnows in a large pool
中午，他在一个大水坑里发现了两条鲦鱼。 |
| 5. | In the middle of the day he found two minnows in a large pool
晌午时分，他在一个大水洼里发现了两条鲦鱼。 |
| 6. | The minnow too had grown and had become a full - fledged fish
此时的小鲦鱼也已长大，长成了一条年轻健康的鲦鱼。 |
| 7. | Stooping over in quest of minnows , he jerked his head back as though he had been stung
当他正俯下身去寻找鲦鱼时，突然像被什么刺了一下，猛地抬起头来。 |
| 8. | In the evening he caught three more minnows , eating two and saving the third for breakfast
晚上，他又捉到了三条鲦鱼，吃了两条，省下一条当做第二天的早饭。 |
| 9. | Stooping over in quest of minnows , he jerked his head back as though he had been stung
当他弯下腰准备逮几条鲦鱼的时候，他好像被人戳了一下似的猛地缩回头。 |
| 10. | But the picture in the fish ' s mind was full of lights and colors and marvelous things and he couldn ' t sleep
但是在鲦鱼的脑海中，出现的全是光、颜色和奇妙的事情的画面，使得他不能入睡。 |
