一条见过世面的鱼

从前，有一条青鱼决心要环游世界。“我已经厌倦了北海，”他说．“我想知道世界其它地方有些什么东西。”于是他往南游向深深的大西洋。他游啊，游啊．游得离他熟悉的海洋很远了．游过了赤道附近的温暖水域，又继续往南游，进入南大西洋。一路上，他看到了很多他以前从来没见过的稀奇古怪的鱼。有一次，他差一点被鲨鱼吃掉：还有一次，他差一点被一条电鳗电死；又有一次．他差一点被一条黄貂鱼刺伤。

A Fish of the World

A herring once decided to swim right around the world. ＂I＇m tired of the North Sea,＂ he said. ＂I want to find out what else there is in the world.＂ So he swam off south into the deep Atlantic. He swam and swam far, far away from the seas he knew, through the warm waters of the equator and on, down into the south Atlantic. And all the time he saw many strange and wonderful fish that he had never seen before. Once he was nearly eaten by a shark. And once he was nearly electrocuted by an electric eel. And once he was nearly stung by a stingray.