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今天我們要閱讀的內容是The Indigo Jackal 靛藍的豺狼
這到底是怎樣的一隻豺狗呢，為什麼是靛藍的豺狗呢？
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In a jungle there lived a pack of jackals. They would hunt together to eat from the left-overs of the lion’s meal. One of the jackals was getting a little old. All the younger jackals bullied him and did not allow him to share the food.
"I have to do something to satisfy my hunger. Like this, I will not survive for very long," thought the jackal to himself.
He decided to leave his pack and go in search of food. He wandered around for many days but could not find any food. Everywhere he went, other animals chased him away.
Finally he decided to venture into the village in search of food. After nightfall, the jackal walked down the village streets in search of food. Suddenly a pack of dogs began to chase the jackal. Scared for his life, the jackal ran as fast as his weak legs could carry him. Finding no way of escape, the jackal jumped into the first open house he found.
Suddenly he found himself in a vat of foul smelling liquid. It was a vat of indigo dye. The house belonged to the village washer man. When the jackal climbed hurriedly out of the liquid and peered out fearfully, the dogs which were waiting for him outside, let out a howl and ran away with their tails tucked between their legs. The jackal was surprised. But finding the dogs gone, he carefully went back into the jungle.
The jackal went to the water hole in the jungle to quench his thirst. As the jackal went closer, all the other animals which had come there ran aw ay in panic. The jackal looked around in surprise to see what had frightened them. But he saw nothing wrong. He was very thirsty and so went to the water hole to quench his thirst. As he bent down to drink, he was shocked to see a strange looking creature in a brilliant and unearthly colour looking up at him from the water. The jackal was first frightened, but soon realised that he was looking at his own reflection. He remembered the foul smelling liquid into which he had fallen. “So that is why all those dogs and all these animals in the forest were afraid!" he reasoned to himself. His cunning mind thought of a plan quickly.
He called out to the frightened animals. “Do not be afraid of me. I have been sent down by Brahma to protect you." The animals all believed him at once and made him king.
As the days went by, the jackal became prouder and lazier. He did not have to look for food any longer. His subjects would bring him food to cat and take care of every need of his. The jackal was very happy with his life.
One full moon night, the pack of jackals to whom the jackal had belonged before began to howl at the moon. The indigo jackal had not heard his brothers howl for a long time. The urge to howl was too strong for him to control. He threw back his head and began to howl to hisheart’scontent.
The other animals were astonished to hear their heaven sent king howl like a common jackal. And soon they realised their mistake.
“This is no extraordinary animal sent by Brahma. He howls like a jackal," said the bear. “Yes. He is calling out to the other jackals." “He has fooled us." “He has to be punished," said several other animals. “Come let’s teach him a lesson." The animals joined together and gave the indigo jackal a severe beating.
在叢林裡住著一群豺狼。他們會一起從獅子的飯菜中尋找食物。一隻豺狼變得有點老了。所有的年輕豺狼都欺負他，不讓他分享食物。
“我必須做些事情來滿足我的飢餓感。“這樣，我活不了多久，”豺狼自言自語地說。
他決定離開他的隊伍去尋找食物。他四處遊蕩了好幾天，卻找不到食物。他所到之處，其他動物都把他趕走了。
最後，他決定冒險到村子裡尋找食物。夜幕降臨後，豺狼走在村子的街道上尋找食物。突然，一群狗開始追捕豺狼。豺狼嚇了一跳，跑得跟他虛弱的腿一樣快。沒辦法逃跑，豺狼跳到他發現的第一個開放的房子裡。
突然，他發現自己身上有一股臭氣熏天的液體。那是靛藍染料的桶。房子屬於鄉村洗衣工。當豺狼急急忙忙地從液體裡爬出來，恐懼地向外張望時，外面的狗在等著他，嚎叫著，把尾巴夾在腿間跑掉了。豺狼很驚訝。但發現狗走了，他小心翼翼地回到叢林裡去了。
豺狼跑到叢林裡的水坑裡解渴。豺狼走近時，所有其他來的動物都驚慌地跑開了。豺狼驚奇地環顧四周，想知道是什麼嚇壞了他們。但他沒有看到任何錯誤。他渴極了，於是去水坑解渴。當他彎下腰來喝水時，他震驚地看到一個奇形怪狀的生物從水面上望著他。豺狼最初被嚇壞了，但很快意識到他在看著自己的倒影。他想起了他倒下的難聞的液體。“這就是為什麼那些狗和森林裡所有的動物都害怕的原因！”他自言自語。他狡猾的頭腦很快想出了一個計劃。
他向受驚嚇的動物大聲喊叫。“不要怕我。我被梵天派來保護你們。“動物們都相信了他，並使他成為國王。
日子一天天過去，豺狼變得越來越懶。他不再需要尋找食物了。他的臣民會把食物帶給他，照顧他的每一個需要。豺狼很高興他的生活。
一個滿月的夜晚，豺狼曾經屬於的一群豺狼開始對著月亮嚎叫。靛藍豺狼很久沒有聽到他的兄弟嚎叫了。嚎叫的衝動太強烈了，他無法控制。他仰起頭，開始嚎啕大哭。
其他的動物聽到他們的天堂發出國王嚎叫像一隻普通豺狼感到驚訝。不久他們意識到了自己的錯誤。
“這不是上天派來的非同尋常的動物。他像豺狼一樣嚎叫，“熊說。“是的。他向其他豺狼喊道：“他騙了我們。”他說：“他必須受到懲罰。”“我們來教訓他吧。”這些動物連在一起，把靛藍豺狼狠狠揍了一頓。
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