English Original
One day, a little monkey was playing by a well. He looked into the well and shouted, "Oh my! The moon has fallen into the well!"
An older monkey ran over, looked in, and exclaimed, "Goodness me! The moon really is in the water!"
Soon, a whole troop of monkeys gathered. Peering into the well, they all cried, "The moon did fall in! Come on, let's get it out!"
The oldest monkey then hung upside down from a tree branch. He grabbed the feet of the next monkey, who grabbed the feet of the next, and so on, forming a chain down towards the moon's reflection in the water.
Just as they were about to reach it, the oldest monkey looked up and saw the real moon shining in the sky. He yelled excitedly, "Don't be so foolish! The moon is still in the sky!"
中文翻译
一天，一只小猴子在井边玩耍。他往井里一看，大叫起来：“哎呀！月亮掉到井里去了！”
一只年长些的猴子跑过来，看了看，惊呼道：“天哪！月亮真的在水里！”
很快，一整群猴子都聚了过来。他们盯着井里的月亮，齐声喊道：“月亮真的掉进去了！快来，我们把它捞出来！”
最年长的猴子随即倒挂在树枝上。他抓住下一只猴子的脚，下一只又抓住再下一只的脚，如此这般，连成一条链子，朝着水中月亮的倒影伸下去。
就在他们快要碰到水面时，最年长的猴子抬头一看，发现了天空中真正的月亮。他兴奋地喊道：“别傻了！月亮还在天上呢！”