One hot day,
an ant was searching for some water.
在一个炎热的天气里，
一只小蚂蚁口渴了，想找点水喝。
After walking around for some time,
she came to a spring.
许久，她来到一个泉水旁边。
To reach the spring, she had to climb up a blade of grass.
她需要爬上草丛的顶端才能喝到泉水。
While making her way up, she slipped and fell into the water.
当她正在向上爬时，她不慎掉到了水里。
She could have drowned
小蚂蚁在水中很无助
if a dove up a nearby tree had not seen her.
这时在树旁休息的鸽子看到了这一幕，
Seeing that the ant was in trouble,
他看到了蚂蚁溺水了，
The dove quickly plucked off a leaf
and dropped it into the water near the struggling ant.
鸽子迅速摘下一片叶子
然后将叶子放在水里。
The ant moved towards the leaf and climbed up there.
蚂蚁费尽力气爬上树叶。
Soon it carried her safely to dry ground.
平安地上了岸。
Just at that time,
就在这时，
a hunter nearby was throwing out his net towards the dove,
hoping to trap it.
一个猎人看见了树上的鸽子，
立刻朝鸽子撒开捕鸟网，
猎人抓住了鸽子。
Guessing what he was about to do,
the ant quickly bit him on the heel.
当猎人正在得意时，
蚂蚁迅速咬了猎人一口。
Feeling the pain, the hunter dropped his net.
猎人疼得撒开了网。
The dove was quick to fly away to safety.
鸽子安全地逃走了。
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