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"What is your trouble?" asked the Lion quietly.
狮子镇静地问道：“你们遇到什么麻烦？”
"We are all threatened," answered the tiger, "by a fierce enemy which has lately come into this forest.
“我们都被新来到这森林中的一只可怕的敌人威胁着，”
It is a most tremendous monster, like a great spider, with a body as big as an elephant and legs as long as a tree trunk.
老虎回答说，“它是一个巨大的可怕的怪物，像一个大蜘蛛，身体却有大象那么大，脚有一棵树干那么长。
It has eight of these long legs, and as the monster crawls through the forest he seizes an animal with a leg and drags it to his mouth, where he eats it as a spider does a fly.
这样长的脚有八只，当这个怪物爬过这森林时，随意地用一只脚捉住一只野兽，塞到嘴里去，像一只蜘蛛吃着苍蝇般那么容易。
Not one of us is safe while this fierce creature is alive, and we had called a meeting to decide how to take care of ourselves when you came among us."
只要这个凶猛的怪物活着，我们的安全都无法保证，所以当你来到这里时，我们正在召开一个会议，决定对付那个可怕的家伙。”
The Lion thought for a moment.
狮子想了一会儿，
"Are there any other lions in this forest?" he asked.
它问道：“在这个森林里，还有狮子吗？”
"No; there were some, but the monster has eaten them all. And, besides, they were none of them nearly so large and brave as you."
“没有，曾经有过几只，但是全被怪物吃掉了。而且，它们中没有一个像你样强壮而勇敢的。”
"If I put an end to your enemy, will you bow down to me and obey me as King of the Forest?" inquired the Lion.
狮子问道：“如果我杀死了怪物，你们会不会佩服我，并且像对一个森林之王一般地听从我？”
"We will do that gladly," returned the tiger; and all the other beasts roared with a mighty roar: "We will!"
老虎回答说：“我们都愿意听从你。”空旷地上响起了所有野兽们一阵有力的吼声：“我们愿意！”
"Where is this great spider of yours now?" asked the Lion.
狮子问：“现在那个大蜘蛛在哪里？”
"Yonder, among the oak trees," said the tiger, pointing with his forefoot.
“在那边栎树林中，”老虎说着，并用它的前脚指引着。
