蚂蚁看到知了蜕壳，想干什么？
蚂蚁是知了的天敌，看到知了蜕壳后，蚂蚁想干什么？请看惠言童话第6集《知了和蚂蚁》。
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5. 知了与蚂蚁
The Cicada and the Ants
文： 惠言
画： 蒋可瑜（10岁，图1-5）；高上骐（8岁，图6-9）
英文校阅： Jason Kenny & 赵蒙皓
中文朗诵： 陈卫跃
英文朗诵： 高上骐（中国国内小学3年级）
5.知了与蚂蚁中文朗诵
5.知了与蚂蚁英文朗诵
初夏的夜晚，月光下，一只知了从泥土里悄悄地钻出来，他已经在树根下的土壤里生活了多年。只见他缓慢地爬到老白杨树的树干上，一点点地向上爬去，终于爬到顶部的树梢上，然后用前爪刺进树皮，渐渐繃紧身子，身上的外壳从背部裂开了。
It was an early summer night. A cicada quietly climbed out of the earth under the moonlight. He had been living in the soil under the roots of the old poplar tree for many years. He slowly climbed up the tree trunk, inch by inch, and finally climbed to the top of the tree. Then he used his forepaws to pierce the bark, gradually expanding his body. Thus his shell cracked from the back.
知了爬出外壳，倒挂在刚蜕下的壳上，缓缓地展开软绵的翅膀。正在此时，他突然觉得腿肚子上痒痒的，仔细一看，原来是一只蚂蚁正在用头上的触角碰他的腿。
The cicada climbed out of the shell, hung upside down from it, and slowly unfolded his wings. Just then, he felt an itch on his calf. He looked at it carefully, and found that an ant was brushing his leg with its tentacles.
蚂蚁看知了蜕壳，已经有一阵子了。知了最怕在伸展柔软的翅膀时被打扰，会导致翅膀受伤，看到是蚂蚁在捣乱，他生气地抖了抖脚，把蚂蚁踢下树。
The ant had been watching the cicada shedding. The cicada was most afraid of being disturbed when stretching his soft wings because it could possibly injure his wings. The cicada saw that the ant was disturbing him. He flexed his leg angrily, and kicked the ant down the tree.
天亮了，太阳出来了，天空万里无云，火辣辣的阳光射到茂盛青葱的树冠上。随着气温急剧上升，这只雄性知了的翅膀迅速硬化，身体很快成熟。
At dawn, the sun came out. The sky was cloudless; the burning sun was shining on the lush green of the canopy. As the temperature rose sharply, the male cicada’s body matured and his wings hardened.
他用嘴上的针管刺进翠绿的嫩树枝，一边吮吸甘甜的树汁，一边震动腹部的响板，发出嘹亮、有节奏的歌声：“知—了”“知—了”。他在用歌声吸引不会鸣叫的雌知了，他高昂的歌声也是在向大家预报，今天会是一个大热天。
The cicada sucked sweet tree sap out of the green tender branches. He vibrated his castanets on his belly, making a loud and rhythmic song, “Gi, Gi, Gi.” He sang songs to attract the female cicada, who does not sing. His song was also a loud weather forecast: it would be a hot day.
忽然间，知了看到来了一大群蚂蚁，它们从靠近树根的一个洞穴里爬出来，整整齐齐地排成一长列，这一次轮到知了观察蚂蚁了，他停止了欢唱，看蚂蚁群跑来干什么。
Suddenly, the cicada saw a large group of ants. The ants came out of a cave near the roots of the tree, and formed a neat long line. This time, it was the cicada’s turn to watch the ants. He stopped singing and looked at the ant army, curious what they intended to do.
知了看到领头的是一只脚上受伤的蚂蚁，正是那只被他踢下树的蚂蚁。原来这只蚂蚁是寻找食物的“侦察兵”，被踢下树时受了轻伤，回到蚂蚁洞后，搬来大队人马。
The cicada saw that the leader of the ants had an injured foot. It was the ant he had kicked down the tree. Actually, that ant was a “scout” who was looking for food, he suffered a minor injury. The injured ant returned home, and convened the mighty ant army.
蚁群到达知了蜕下的壳边上，就改变了队列，团团围住知了壳，各自用嘴咬住壳的不同部位使劲往下拖。由于知了壳的前爪深插在树皮里，凭蚂蚁这点力气无法拖动，蚂蚁们就开始咀嚼知了壳。
When the ants reached the peeled cicada shell, they changed the formation and surrounded the shell. Each ant bit different parts of the shell to make it easier to drag. Because the cicada shell’s forepaws were buried deep in the bark, the ants could not drag the whole shell. They began to chew it instead.
知了明白，蚂蚁是想把他的壳咬成碎片，分块搬走。他觉得壳虽已无用，可这毕竟是他曾经穿过的“外套”，不能让蚂蚁当着自己的面咬碎，就调转屁股对准蚂蚁使劲撒了一泡尿，把这些围住知了壳的蚂蚁冲下了树，然后振振翅膀，长鸣一声“知—了”，高兴地飞走了。
The cicada realized that the ants were trying to crush his peeled shell into fragments, and then move those small pieces to their home. He felt that although the shell was useless, it was still, after all, his used “coat”. He could not let the ants crush it in front of him. He turned his back on the ants, and peed. All of the ants surrounding the shell were washed down the tree. Then the cicada flapped his wings, sang a loud “Gi—-,” and flew happily away.
《知了》 蒋可瑜 画
