一群猴子在林子里玩耍,它们有的在树上蹦蹦跳跳,有的在地上打打闹闹,好不快活。它们中的一只小猴独自跑到林子旁边的一口井旁玩耍,它趴在井沿,往井里边一伸脖子,忽然大叫起来:“不得了啦,不得了啦!月亮掉到井里去了!”原来,小猴看到井里有个月亮。
一只大猴听到叫声,跑到井边朝井里一看,也吃了一惊,跟着大叫起来:“糟了,糟了,月亮掉到井里去啦!”它们的叫声惊动了猴群,老猴带着一大群猴子都朝井边跑来。当它们看到井里的月亮时,都一起惊叫起来:“哎呀完了,哎呀完了!月亮真的掉到井里去了!”猴子们叽叽喳喳地叫着、闹着。最后,老猴说:“大家别嚷嚷了,我们快想办法把月亮捞起来吧!”众猴都义不容辞地响应老猴的建议,加入捞月的队伍中。
井旁边有一棵老槐树,老猴率先跳到树上,自己头朝下倒挂在树上,其他的猴子就依次一个一个你抱我的腿,我勾你的`头,挂成一长条,头朝下一直深入井中。小猴子体轻,挂在最下边,它的手伸到井水中,都可以抓住月亮了。众猴想,这下我们总可以把月亮捞上来了。它们很是高兴。
小猴子将手伸到井水中,对着明晃晃的月亮一把抓起,可是除了抓住几滴水珠外,怎么也抓不到月亮。小猴这样不停地抓呀、捞呀,折腾了老半天,依然捞不着月亮。
倒挂了半天的猴们觉得很累,都有点支持不住了。有的开始埋怨说:“快些捞呀,怎么还没捞起来呢?”有的叫着:“妈呀,我挂不住啦!挂不住啦!”
老猴子也渐渐腰酸腿疼,它猛一抬头,忽然发现月亮依然在天上,于是它大声说:“不用捞了,不用捞了,月亮还在天上呢!”
众猴都抬头朝天上看,月亮果真好端端在天上呢。
由于众猴不了解井中月亮的真相,以假当真,所以空忙一气,又愚蠢又可笑。
很久以前,在伽尸国有一座波罗奈城。城外有一片大森林,森林里生活着五百只称猴。
One night the 500 macaques wandered around and came to a ni ju lu (bodhi) tree。 Under the tree was a deep ancient well。 The water in the well was very clean and reflected the full moon in the sky。
有一天晚上,五百只称猴到处游逛,来到了一棵尼俱律树畔。树下,有一口很深的古井,井水清悠悠的,映出了天上的.一轮圆月。
The leading macaque bent over the well and watched carefully for a while。 Then it jumped onto the edge of the well and said to the others:
领头的称猴俯在井边仔细看了一阵,然后跳到井台上对大家说:
"Alas!Today the moon has died and fallen into this well。 Let us scoop it up together; otherwise the nights will be dark forever。"
“不好了,今天月亮死了,就落在这口井中。让我们一起把它捞出来,不然的话,夜晚就永远黑暗了。”
All the macaques tweaked their ears and scratched their cheeks, saying:"The well is so deep。 How can we scoop up the moon?"
众猴听了,个个抓耳挠腮,说:“井这么深,怎样才能把月亮捞起来呢?”
The leading macaque had a sudden brainwave and said:
领头的称猴灵机一动,说:
"I have it! I will climb up the tree and grasp a branch, then another one grasps my tail。 In this way, one following another in succession, can't we hang down into the well?"
“办法有了!我爬上树,抓住树枝,然后另一个抓住我的尾巴,这样一个一个接下去,不就可以垂到井里去了吗?”
When the other macaques heard this, they jumped with joy。So they linked their heads and tails together, extending longer and longer until they almost touched the surface of the well water。At this moment, the branch broke with a big crack and all 500 macaques fell into the ancient well。
大家一听,都高兴得欢蹦乱跳。于是,猴们头尾相连,越接越长,眼看就要碰到水面了。这时候,只听见咔嚓一声巨响,树枝断了,五百只称猴统统掉进了古井。
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