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!”

小象生下来的第三天，他跟妈妈来到小河边，看见一只小鸟在天空飞来飞去。小象想：“要是我也会飞，可以看到更多的东西，多好呀！”

In order to learn to fly, Little Elephant climbed a tree and, with a yelp of “Ai Yo!”, fell heavily to the ground.

为了学会飞，小象爬到树去学飞“哎哟”一声，摔了一个大跟头。

Seeing this, the snake said: “Little elephant, we all have our own abilities. I can’t fly, but I can sleep in a tree.”

蛇看见了说:“小象，我们有自己的本事。我不会飞，可是，我会在树上睡觉。”

Lion said: “I also can’t fly, but I can jump across a wide river.”

狮子说:“我也不会飞，可是，我能跳过宽宽的大河。”

Tiger said, “I can’t fly, but I can swim!”

老虎说:“我不会飞，可是我会游泳！”

Little Elephant’s father and mother said to him, “We elephants have great strength, incomparably greater than that little bird’s.”

爸爸妈妈对小象说:“我们象的力气大，这是小鸟不能比的。”

Little Elephant understood. He used his long nose as a hook and moved a large branch. 小象明白了。他用长鼻子一钩，大木头就搬走了。