2 Mr.Fox
On a hill above the valley there was a wood.
In the wood there was a huge tree.
Under the tree there was a hole.
In the hole lived Mr Fox and Mrs Fox and their four Small Foxes.
Every evening as soon as it got dark, Mr Fox would say to Mrs Fox, ‘Well, my darling, what shallit be this time? A plump chicken from Boggis? A duck or a goose from Bunce? Or a nice turkey fromBean?’ And when Mrs Fox had told him what she wanted, Mr Fox would creep down into the valleyin the darkness of the night and help himself.
Boggis and Bunce and Bean knew very well what was going on, and it made them wild with rage.
They were not men who liked to give anything away. Less still did they like anything to be stolenfrom them. So every night each of them would take his shotgun and hide in a dark place somewhereon his own farm, hoping to catch the robber.
But Mr Fox was too clever for them. He always approached a farm with the wind blowing in hisface, and this meant that if any man were lurking¹ in the shadows ahead, the wind would carry thesmell of that man to Mr Fox’s nose from far away. Thus, if Mr Boggis was hiding behind his ChickenHouse Number One, Mr Fox would smell him out from fifty yards off and quickly change direction,heading for Chicken House Number Four at the other end of the farm.
‘Dang and blast that lousy beast!’ cried Boggis.
‘I’d like to rip his guts² out!’ said Bunce.
‘He must be killed!’ cried Bean.
‘But how?’ said Boggis. ‘How on earth can we catch the blighter?’
Bean picked his nose delicately with a long finger. ‘I have a plan,’ he said.
‘You’ve never had a decent plan yet,’ said Bunce.
‘Shut up and listen,’ said Bean. ‘Tomorrow night we will all hide just outside the hole where thefox lives. We will wait there until he comes out. Then . . . Bang! Bang-bang-bang.’
‘Very clever,’ said Bunce. ‘But first we shall have to find the hole.’
‘My dear Bunce, I’ve already found it,’ said the crafty³ Bean. ‘It’s up in the wood on the hill. It’sunder a huge tree . . .’


2　狐狸先生
山谷上方的小山上有一片树林。
树林里有一棵大树。
树下面有一个洞。
洞里边住着狐狸先生、狐狸太太，还有他们的四只小狐狸。每天晚上天一黑，狐狸先生就会对狐狸太太说：“哎，亲爱的，这一次要吃什么呀？是从博吉斯那儿搞只肥鸡呢，还是从邦斯那儿弄只鸭子或者是鹅？要不然就是从比恩那儿搞只美味的火鸡？”狐狸太太把自己想吃的东西告诉他之后，狐狸先生便会乘着夜幕，悄悄地溜进山谷去随意取货。

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