Seekor burung merpati berehat di pokok berdekatan dan ternampak apa yang berlaku. Dengan pantas, dia memetik sehelai daun dan menjatuhkannya ke permukaan air berhampiran semut. Semut memanjat ke atas daun itu. Akhirnya, dia hanyut ke tebing sungai dengan selamat.
Semut berkata, "Terima kasih, sahabatku. Saya akan menolongmu suatu hari nanti."
Beberapa hari kemudian, seorang pemburu datang ke tempat itu untuk memburu burung. Dia ternampak merpati itu berehat di atas pokok. Dia mengeluarkan busur dan anak panahnya. Pemburu mengarahkan busur dan anaknya ke arah burung merpati itu.
Pada waktu yang sama, semut melalui kawasan tersebut. Dia teringat burung merpati itu pernah menolongnya. Dengan pantas, semut mengingit kaki pemburu. Dia melompat kesakitan dan anak panahnya terlepas sasaran. Apabila terdengar jeritan kesakitan pemburu itu, burung merpati pun terbang pergi. "Terima kasih, semut," kata burung merpati itu. "Kali ini, kamu telah menolong saya."
THE ANT AND THE DOVE
One day an ant was searching for food along a riverbank. Suddenly the wind blew the poor little ant into the river. She was in big trouble! The water was rushing over her very fast!
Luckily, a dove was nearby. The dove saw the ant fall into the water and decided to help her. She quickly found a leaf and grabbed it in her beak, pushing it toward the drowning ant. The ant was able to crawl onto the leaf to safety. The leaf was carried by the river to the shore.
“Thank you my friend. One day I will repay your kindness” said the ant.
A few days later, a hunter was hunting for birds. He saw the dove resting on the tree. He took out his bow and arrow and aimed at the dove.
At the same time the ant was passing by and saw the hunter. She remembers the dove have saved her before. The ant quickly bites the hunter’s foot. The hunter was jumping and shouting in pain. The dove heard the hunter shouting and flew away safely.
“Thank you” said the dove to the little ant. “Today you have saved me”.
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