English Original
One day, an elephant wandered into a forest in search of friends.
He saw a monkey on a tree. "Will you be my friend?" asked the elephant.
"You are too big. You cannot swing from trees like me," replied the monkey.
Next, the elephant met a rabbit and asked him to be his friend.
But the rabbit said, "You are too big to play in my burrow!"
Then the elephant met a frog. "Will you be my friend?" he asked.
"How can I?" asked the frog. "You are too big to leap about like me."
The elephant was upset. He met a fox next. "Will you be my friend?" he asked.
The fox said, "Sorry, sir, you are too big."
The next day, the elephant saw all the animals running for their lives.
He asked them what was wrong. A bear replied, "There is a tiger in the forest. He's trying to gobble us all up!"
The animals ran to hide. The elephant wondered what he could do to save everyone.
Meanwhile, the tiger kept eating up whoever he could find.
The elephant walked up to the tiger and said, "Please, Mr. Tiger, do not eat these poor animals."
"Mind your own business!" growled the tiger.
The elephant had no choice but to give the tiger a hefty kick. The frightened tiger ran for his life.
The elephant ambled back into the forest to announce the good news.
All the animals thanked the elephant. They said, "You are just the right size to be our friend."
中文翻译
一天，一头大象走进森林寻找朋友。
他看到树上有只猴子。"你愿意做我的朋友吗？"大象问道。
"你太大了。你不能像我一样在树上荡秋千，"猴子回答。
接着，大象遇到一只兔子，请他做朋友。
但兔子说："你太大了，进不了我的地洞和我一起玩！"
然后，大象遇到一只青蛙。"你愿意做我的朋友吗？"他问。
"我怎么能呢？"青蛙问。"你太大了，不能像我一样跳来跳去。"
大象很沮丧。接着他遇到一只狐狸。"你愿意做我的朋友吗？"他问。
狐狸说："对不起，先生，你太大了。"
第二天，大象看到所有动物都在逃命。
他问他们发生了什么事。一只熊回答说："森林里来了一只老虎。他要把我们都吞掉！"
动物们都跑去找地方躲藏。大象思考着能做些什么来拯救大家。
与此同时，老虎不停地吃掉他能找到的每一个动物。
大象走到老虎面前说："拜托，老虎先生，请不要吃掉这些可怜的动物。"
"少管闲事！"老虎咆哮道。
大象别无选择，只能狠狠地踢了老虎一脚。受惊的老虎逃命去了。
大象缓步走回森林，宣布了这个好消息。
所有的动物都感谢大象。他们说："你的体型，正好适合做我们的朋友。"