小象巴巴的故事 The story of little elephant BaBa
在一片茂密的大森林中，大象妈妈生了一个可爱的小宝宝——小象巴巴。巴巴的出生给妈妈带来了莫大的欢喜，妈妈对他十分疼爱。每天晚上，大象妈妈都会轻轻地哼着儿歌，哄摇篮里的巴巴进入梦乡。
In a large dense forest, there lives a mother elephant. She gives birth to a baby elephant whose name is BaBa. The birth of BaBa brings the mother elephant a lot ofjoy. The mother elephant loves the baby so much that every night she hums songs gently to make BaBa fall asleep in his cradle.
在妈妈的精心照料下，小象巴巴一天天长大了。他不但聪明，还很和善，所以小伙伴们都喜欢和他在一起玩。
你看，现在那个用鼻子卷着贝壳在一边挖沙子的小象不就是他吗？
Under the considerate care of his mother, BaBa grows up day by day .He is not only smart but also kind and friendly, so he makes a lot of friends and they all like playing with BaBa.
Look, the little elephant who is digging sand with his nose rolling the shell is BaBa.
有一天，大象妈妈驮着小象巴巴出来散步，他 们悠闲地走来走去。
One day, mother elephant takes BaBa wandering around.
They walk back and forth in the forest.
就在这时，一声枪响传了过来，随后大象妈妈倒了下去。小象巴巴还没反应过来是怎么回事就被重重地 摔在了地上。原来是可恶的猎人开枪击中了妈妈，巴巴趴在妈妈身上大哭起来。
At this time, there is a sudden gunshot passed over, and then the mother elephant falls down. Not until mother elephant heavily falls to the ground, does BaBa realize what happens. It turns out that the hateful hunter shoots his mother. BaBa leans over his mom and bursts into tears.
那些正在玩耍的猴子和歌唱的小鸟都被枪声吓跑了，这时猎人从灌木丛中走了出来，想捉住巴巴。 巴巴开始拼命地向前跑去，最后终于摆脱了猎人的追赶。
The monkeys who are playing and the birds who are singing are scared off by the shot. At this moment, the hunter comes out of the bushes. He wants to catch BaBa.
BaBa begins to run like hell, and finally gets rid of the hunter’s chasing.
当他停下来喘气的时候，却发现眼前出现了很多新奇的事物：
高高的大楼、跑得飞快的汽车、拥挤的人群，原来巴巴来到了一座城市。因为以前从来都没有见过这些，所以巴巴感觉新鲜极了。
When he stops to take a rest, there are a lot of novel things appear before him: tall buildings, cars
which run very fast and crowded people. It turns out that BaBa comes to a big city! Because he has never met these things, so he feels very excited and curious to everything.
巴巴在大街上溜达着，忽然，他看到街上有两个穿制服的人，巴巴想：为什么他们的衣服那么漂亮？我 也好想有一套这样的衣服，他们的衣服是从哪里来的呢？
When BaBa strolling on the street, suddenly he sees two men in uniform. He thinks: why their clothes are so beautiful? I want to have one like that, but where do they get that?
巴巴真的很幸运，在不久之后他就遇到了一位好心的老夫人。那位老夫人见到巴巴后很是高兴，因为她 一直都很喜欢小象。当老夫人知道巴巴想有一套漂亮的衣服时，就将自己手中的钱包交给了他。
Fortunately, he meets a warm-hearted lady who loves little elephants very much, and she is happy to meet BaBa. When the old lady knows that BaBa wants to have beautiful clothes, she gives her own purse to BaBa. How lucky of him!
巴巴兴奋极了，不住地对老夫人说：“尊贵的夫人，真是太感谢你了！”
接过钱包之后，巴巴飞快地跑向了百货商场。
在那里他又被另一个东西吸引了，那就是商场的电梯。当他看到一个四方盒子可以上上下下不停地走动 时，感觉好玩极了！
BaBa is so excited that he can’t help saying: “Oh,dear madam, I really appreciate your help!”
Taking the purse, BaBa runs quickly toward the department store.
There BaBa is attracted by another thing-the elevator. When he sees that the square box can go up and down constantly, he feels it is so funny.
他在电梯中一直上下进出了十几次，玩得很开心。
他真想就这样一直玩下去，可是却被人阻止了，电梯管理员对巴巴说：“先生，我们这里并不是游乐场，我想你应该去购物了吧。如果你不知道自己该去哪一层，那我们的巡视员会给你提供帮助的。”
He gets up and down in the elevator many times and has a lot of fun.
He really wants to keep playing like that, but it stopped by the elevator manager.
He says to BaBa: “Excuse me sir, this is not playground. I think you should go shopping now, and if you don’t know which floor to go, you can ask the inspector for help.”
无奈之下，巴巴只好离开了电梯。
在商场里，巴巴为自己挑选了一件衬衣、一个领结、一套西装，再加一个礼帽，还有一双皮鞋呢。就这样，一个帅气的小象就出现了。
There is no choice, so BaBa has to leave the elevator.
In the department store, BaBa buys himself a shirt, a bow tie, a suit, a top hat and a pair of shoes. After that, there appears a handsome little elephant.
当巴巴在镜子中看到自己的时候，高兴得不得了，所以他决定去照相馆，为自己照一张照片，作为留念。
When he looks at himself in the mirror, he is extremely happy that he decides to go to a studio to take a picture, and keeps it as a souvenir.
瞧瞧吧，这就是巴巴的照片。
在照完相后，巴巴想再回到老夫人那里当面向她道谢。
Take a look, this is the beautiful picture of BaBa.
After taking the picture, BaBa wants to go back to that old lady and thanks her again.
巴巴穿着新衣服去了老夫人家中，老夫人不住地夸他英俊，巴巴心里美滋滋的。老夫人为巴巴准备了丰盛的晚餐，让巴巴饱饱地吃了一顿。
Wearing his new cloth, BaBa goes the old lady’s home. When the old lady sees him, she can’t help praising his handsome, so BaBa is very happy. And then the old lady prepares a great dinner for BaBa, and he really enjoys it.
晚饭之后，累了一天的巴巴爬上了床，很快就进入了甜美的梦乡。
After dinner, because of the busy day, BaBa goes to bed and quickly falls asleep.
后来，巴巴就在老夫人家住了下来。每天早晨，老夫人都会带着巴巴做健身操。
每次锻炼完了之后，巴巴都会洗上一个舒服的热水澡。
From then on, BaBa stays at the old lady’s home. Every morning, the old lady will take BaBa to do exercise. After the exercise BaBa always takes a comfortable hot bath.
老夫人对巴巴十分疼爱，巴巴要什么她都会给。老夫人送给巴巴一辆汽车，这样他就可以每天开车出去游玩了。
The old lady loves BaBa so much that she gives whatever he wants. She gives BaBa a lovely car so he can drive out to have fun everyday.
老夫人还专门为巴巴请了一位知识渊博的老师。巴巴听起课来十分认真，每天都会按时完成老师布置的 作业，所以巴巴进步很快，常常得到老师的表扬。
The old lady also hires a knowledgeable teacher for him. Because BaBa listens to the teacher very carefully and finishes his homework on time everyday, he makes progress everyday and often gets praise from the teacher.
每天晚上，老夫人都会和她的朋友们坐在一 起，听巴巴讲大森林中的故事。
Every night ,the old lady and her friends will get together and listen BaBa to tell them the story of the forest.
巴巴和老夫人相处得很好，所以每天都过得很高兴。
可是，巴巴并没有忘记在大森林中那段快乐的时光，他也常常想起他的表弟、表妹和那些调皮的小猴子。他多想回到以前的那种生活：每天和妈妈一起散步、聊天、吃饭，和小伙伴们一起玩耍嬉戏。每次巴巴 在想到妈妈的时候都会伤心地流下眼泪。
BaBa and the old lady get along well with each other and live happily everyday.
But BaBa has never forgotten the happy life when he lived in the forest, he also misses his cousins and those lovely monkeys. How much does BaBa wish to go back to his forest life: He wandered, chatted, and had dinner with his mother and played with his friends. Every time when BaBa thinks of his mother, tears will fill into his eyes.
转眼间，巴巴已经在这里待了两年了。
有一天，老夫人和巴巴在大街上散步，看到两头小象朝他们这边跑来。巴巴看见他们后，高兴地冲老夫人大叫起来：“天啊！你看他们，那是我的表弟亚瑟和表妹赛斯。”
As time flies, BaBa has stayed here for two years.
One day, while the old lady and BaBa walking on the street, there are two little elephants run towards them. “Oh my God, look at them, they are my cousins Arthur and Seth.”BaBa cries to the old lady excitedly.
那两头小象也看见了巴巴，他们走到一起高兴地亲吻起来。
Those two littles see BaBa too, they hug and kiss each other.
巴巴带着他们去了百货商店，为他们挑选了合适的衣服，穿上衣服的小象比以前更漂亮了。
Then BaBa takes Arthur and Seth to the department and chooses perfect clothes for them. Wearing the new clothes they look more beautiful.
他们又一起去了蛋糕店，在那里品尝了世上最美味的蛋糕。
And then they go to the bakery, there they eat the most delicious cake in the world.
可是，此时的大森林却乱作了一团，所有的动物都在寻找亚瑟和赛斯，他们喊得嗓子都快哑了。他们的妈妈更是急得不得了。
后来，一只秃鹫飞回来了，对亚瑟和赛斯的妈妈说：“我在一个城市里看见了亚瑟和赛斯，他们正和巴巴在一起呢。”
But at the same time, the forest is being a great mass. Because all the animals are looking for Arthur and Seth, they shouted themselves almost hoarse and Arthur’s and Seth’s mother are extremely anxious.
Afterward, a vulture flies to their mothers and says : “I have seen them in the city ,they are being with BaBa.”
两位妈妈决定去找自己的孩子。
当她们见到自己的孩子之后，才真正放心了。但是两位妈妈还是责备了他们，说他们不懂事，不应该这样跑出来，让家人都担心死了。
Knowing this, the mothers decide to go and find them.
After finding their children, the mothers finally relieved. While they still blame them that it is thoughtless of them to run away like that and it makes everyone in the forest really worry about them.
亚瑟和赛斯要回去了，巴巴也很想跟他们回到大森林中去，于是他就对老夫人说出了自己的想法。老夫人虽然舍不得，但还是答应了，因为小象巴巴本来就应该生活在森林中。
于是，老夫人开始帮着巴巴收拾行李。
Arthur and Seth will go home with their mothers and BaBa also hopes to go back with them. So he tells the old lady about his thought. Although the old lady take BaBa’s leaving sort of hard, she still agrees to let him go. Because she knows BaBa is supposed to live in the forest.
So the old lady begins to help BaBa with his package.
临走之前，巴巴拥抱了老夫人很长时间，他真的很舍不得离开这里，但是又不能不回到自己的家乡。于是，他告诉老夫人，有时间的话肯定会再来看她的。
Before his leaving, BaBa hugs the old lady for a long time, he has to go back to his hometown even though he is really unwilling to leave. So he tells the old lady that if he has any chance he would come back to visit her.
巴巴坐上了自己的汽车，可是由于汽车太小，实在无法装下两位大象妈妈，所以她俩就只好跟在后边跑了。车子跑过的地方飞起了很多尘土，所以大象不得不扬起自己的鼻子，否则灰尘不灌满鼻孔才怪呢。
老夫人站在阳台上望着巴巴消失在远处，她心里很难过，不知道什么时候才能再见到巴巴。
BaBa sits in his car but it’s too small to carry them all. So the mothers have to follow the car and run behind. Where the car goes leaves a lot of dust. So the mother elephants have to raise their nose up, otherwise it will be full of dust.
The old lady stands on the balcony seeing their leaving and feels sad. Because she doesn’t know when will she meet BaBa again.
就在巴巴离开老夫人的那一天，森林中又发生了一件大事：大象国王因为吃了有毒的蘑菇死去了。
On the same day that BaBa leaves for home, there is another event happening in the forest: the king elephant dies because of eating poison mushrooms.
失去了自己的国王，大象王国的所有子民都伤心极了。在为国王举行了隆重的葬礼之后，三位最年长的大象开始商议，到底下一任国王该选谁呢？
Losing their king, all the citizens of the elephant kingdom are extremely suffered. After the funeral, three eldest elephants begin to discuss who can be the next leader of their kingdom.
这时，一阵喧闹声从背后传来，三头大象转头望去，原来是巴巴回来了。他开着汽车从远处过来。所有的大象都来观看，并向他们打着招呼：“巴巴，你好！”“亚瑟，你好！”“赛斯，你好！”“你们的衣服真漂亮！”“这辆汽车也很漂亮！”
At this point, there is a high pitched roar passing over from their back. The three elders turn around and find out that BaBa is coming back. Look, he is driving from a distance.
All the elephants come to see him and greet to them: “Hello BaBa!” “Hi Arthur!” “Hello Seth!” “How beautiful are your clothes!” “What a beautiful car!”
所有的象都将目光聚集在他们身上，突然，一个声音响起：“亲爱的朋友们，我们现在不是 正好缺少一位国王吗？我觉得巴巴就非常合适。巴巴在大城市待过，一定增长了很多见识，并学了很多知识，所以我觉得他当国王最合适不过了。”这是一位年长的老象科尔斯说的话。
只听象群中开始发出欢呼声：“对，科尔斯说得非常对。”
巴巴从象群中走出来，面对着大家，说：“非常感谢你们对我的信任。不过我还有另一个好消息要告诉你们：在我们回来的路上，我和表妹赛斯已经订婚了。所以在我当上国王以后，她就是你们的王后了。”
The gaze of all the elephants concentrated on them. At this time, one elder elephant whose name is Carls says:“My dear friends, don’t we need a new king now? I think BaBa is a perfect choice, for his rich experience from the city which we have never had.”
“Yes, Carls is right.” someone in the group begins to greet.
At this time, BaBa walks out from the group and says: “I really appreciate for your trust! What’s more, I have the good news to share with you: Seth and I have been engaged on our way back. Therefore when I become the king, she will be your queen.”
所有的大象都开始欢呼起来：“巴巴国王万岁！”“赛斯王后万岁！”
从此，巴巴就成为了大象王国的国王。
All the elephants begin to cheer: “Long live the King BaBa!”
“ Oh, hooray, the Queen Seth!”
From then on, BaBa becomes the king of the elephant kingdom.
巴巴将科尔斯叫到跟前说：“谢谢你让我坐上了王位。我决定将我的礼帽送给你，作为对你的奖励。我还要封你为大象王国的大将军，以后咱们要一起治理国家。我决定一周之后和赛斯举行婚礼，你下去安排一 下吧！”
BaBa says to Carls: “Thanks for your letting me be the king. So I decide to give you my top hat as reward and to confer you the title of general-in-chief of our kingdom. From now on, we will govern our country together. What’s more, I need you to prepare my wedding and I hope it will be hold next week.”
随后，巴巴转头对树上的鸟儿说：“鸟儿们，麻烦你们给大森林中所有的动物送个信，让他们来参加我的婚礼吧！”
当巴巴国王看见骆驼时，说：“骆驼先生，麻烦你去城里为我买几件漂亮的礼服吧！”
After that, BaBa turns to the birds on the tree and says:
“Dear birds, please send my invitation to all the animals in the forest and tell them to come to my wedding!”
When the King BaBa sees the camel, he says: “Mr. camel, I would like to trouble you to go to the town and buy some beautiful dresses for me!”
大森林中一下子就热闹起来了。
在规定的日期内，所有的动物都到齐了，骆驼运送的礼服也已经到了。
当国王巴巴和王后赛斯穿上漂亮的礼服后，婚礼就在大家的祝福声中开始了。
Suddenly, all the animals are beginning to liven up.
Within the specified date, all the animals turn up, so are the dresses.
After King BaBa and Queen Seth wearing the beautiful clothes, the wedding starts with the best wishes.
随后就是热闹的舞会，动物们都开始展现自己美丽的舞姿和高超的舞技。你看他们跳得多起劲。
Then follows a great party, all the animals begin to show their beautiful dance and excellent dancing skills. Look, how excited they are.
当天慢慢黑下来的时候，舞会结束了。天上的小星星们开始一颗颗地跳了出来。国王和王后幸福地坐在一起，虽然有些疲惫，但心里却无比欢喜。
It is getting dark, so the party is over. Stars are jumping out from the black sky. The king and the queen sit together happily, although a little bit tired, their inner heart is unspeakable happy.
夜深了，所有的动物都陷入沉睡之中，因为他们今天玩得太累了。婚礼过后很久，人们在回想起的时候，依然很兴奋。
Deep into the night, all the animals are falling asleep, because they played too much today and very tired. Long after the wedding, when people remind of it, they are still excited.
第二天，国王巴巴宣布要和王后去度蜜月。他们找了一个黄色的热气球，开始了他们具有特殊意义的蜜月旅行。
The next day, the king declares that they will leave for the honeymoon. They prepare a yellow hot-air balloon and then begin their journey which means so much to them.