原文

What Kind of animal am I?

I was born in a small river. When I was young, the river was my home. I didn't know my parents. But I had hundreds of brothers and sisters. I swam about with them all day.

At that time I didn't look like my parents. I had no legs, but I had a ling tail. So I looked like a fish.
Then my tail became shorter, and now I have four legs and a very short tail.

I know I'm going to have no tail at all soon, I'm going to be like my parents, then I'm going to jump out of the water. I'm going to live on the land or in the water, too. I'm going to eat a lot of insects. So I'm good for people.

翻译：

我究竟是一个什么样的动物呢？
我是出生在一个小河中，当我是年轻的时候，这条河就是我的家，我不知道我的父母，但是我有成千上百个兄弟姐妹，我总是与他们一起游泳整天。
在那个时候我看起来不像我的父母，我没有腿，但是我有一个灵活的尾巴，因此我看起来像一条鱼，不知道到什么时候，我的尾巴变得更短了，并且现在我有四条腿和一个非常短的尾巴
我知道我的尾巴会逐渐变得更短，我马上会变得更像我的父母，到时，我会跳出这个水面，我将会生存在陆地或者在这个水中，我将会吃很多虫子，因此我是对人们有好处的。

俚语：

wide sea diving,the day of the birds to fly
海阔凭鱼跃，天高任鸟飞

one for the road
饯行酒