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今天我们要阅读的内容是The Indigo Jackal 靛蓝的豺狼
这到底是怎样的一只豺狗呢，为什么是靛蓝的豺狗呢？
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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.
在丛林里住着一群豺狼。他们会一起从狮子的饭菜中寻找食物。一只豺狼变得有点老了。所有的年轻豺狼都欺负他，不让他分享食物。
“我必须做些事情来满足我的饥饿感。“这样，我活不了多久，”豺狼自言自语地说。
他决定离开他的队伍去寻找食物。他四处游荡了好几天，却找不到食物。他所到之处，其他动物都把他赶走了。
最后，他决定冒险到村子里寻找食物。夜幕降临后，豺狼走在村子的街道上寻找食物。突然，一群狗开始追捕豺狼。豺狼吓了一跳，跑得跟他虚弱的腿一样快。没办法逃跑，豺狼跳到他发现的第一个开放的房子里。
突然，他发现自己身上有一股臭气熏天的液体。那是靛蓝染料的桶。房子属于乡村洗衣工。当豺狼急急忙忙地从液体里爬出来，恐惧地向外张望时，外面的狗在等着他，嚎叫着，把尾巴夹在腿间跑掉了。豺狼很惊讶。但发现狗走了，他小心翼翼地回到丛林里去了。
豺狼跑到丛林里的水坑里解渴。豺狼走近时，所有其他来的动物都惊慌地跑开了。豺狼惊奇地环顾四周，想知道是什么吓坏了他们。但他没有看到任何错误。他渴极了，于是去水坑解渴。当他弯下腰来喝水时，他震惊地看到一个奇形怪状的生物从水面上望着他。豺狼最初被吓坏了，但很快意识到他在看着自己的倒影。他想起了他倒下的难闻的液体。“这就是为什么那些狗和森林里所有的动物都害怕的原因！”他自言自语。他狡猾的头脑很快想出了一个计划。
他向受惊吓的动物大声喊叫。“不要怕我。我被梵天派来保护你们。“动物们都相信了他，并使他成为国王。
日子一天天过去，豺狼变得越来越懒。他不再需要寻找食物了。他的臣民会把食物带给他，照顾他的每一个需要。豺狼很高兴他的生活。
一个满月的夜晚，豺狼曾经属于的一群豺狼开始对着月亮嚎叫。靛蓝豺狼很久没有听到他的兄弟嚎叫了。嚎叫的冲动太强烈了，他无法控制。他仰起头，开始嚎啕大哭。
其他的动物听到他们的天堂发出国王嚎叫像一只普通豺狼感到惊讶。不久他们意识到了自己的错误。
“这不是上天派来的非同寻常的动物。他像豺狼一样嚎叫，“熊说。“是的。他向其他豺狼喊道：“他骗了我们。”他说：“他必须受到惩罚。”“我们来教训他吧。”这些动物连在一起，把靛蓝豺狼狠狠揍了一顿。
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