看過班主任凱麗蔻太太(Mrs. Kalikow)拍攝的照片，我才知道孩子按照老師指示，自編自導自製道具，在課堂上全班同學面前表演了一幕童話劇《猴子和狐狸》。我家童少自報奮勇，主動扮演聰明豁達的猴子；同窗好友甘做人梯，肖恩(Sean)客串過河拆橋的狐狸，史蒂文(Steve)幕後布景，羅比(Robbie)場外道白。

【譯文】

      很久很久以前，猴子和狐狸曾經是一對十分要好的朋友。

      有一天，猴子和狐狸都想吃梨。此時，他倆恰好發現在一個既大又深的湖中央有一棵梨樹。猴子想出一個點子，說：“我看咱們先得用樹搭建一座橋，然後才能弄到梨子。”

      於是，猴子和狐狸齊心合力找來好多大樹，橋終於建成。可這座橋如同獨木橋，一次只容得下一人穿行。狐狸搶先走了過去。等順利爬上梨樹時，他毫不猶豫將橋推倒，並聲稱不再與朋友分享勞動果實。

      “你的確可以吃掉全部梨子，”猴子不慌不忙地說：“不過，你卻斷送了自己的性命！哈哈！”

      劇終。

      話外音：人不可貪得無厭！

【原文】

      Once upon a time, there were a monkey and a fox. They were really close friends.

      One day they both wanted to eat pears. They found a pear tree in the middle of a big and deep lake. The monkey then suggested, "I know, we can make a bridge with trees and go to get it."

      So they hulled a bunch of trees and made a bridge at last. But the bridge seemed so narrow that could only fit one guy at a time. And the fox went first. When he got on the pear tree, he pushed the bridge out of the way in no time. The fox declared that he didn't want to share with his friend anymore.

      "You can eat all the pears that you want," the monkey calmly replied, "But you can't come back! Ha-ha!"

      The end.

      Moral: Don't be greedy.

(二O一二年六月十四日，世界鮮血者日)