英语阅读Take off the hard shell

英语阅读Take off the hard shell

One day, a crab met a lobster in the deep sea

To the hermit crab’s puzzlement, he found the lobster taking off his hard shell and showing his tender and lovely body.

“Hey! Lobster,” said the crab, “Why are you removing your protective shell? You could be eaten by a big fish, or knocked against a rock by the current and killed. Don’t be silly, or you will have to pay a heavy price for your behavior.”

“Thank you for your concern! But don’t you know that we have to remove our shells in order to grow?” “If we are too scared to remove our shells, then we can’t move forward in life as nature intended,” answered the lobster, and with these words, he carried on with his task.

The hermit crab thought for a while and then said, “What a clever lobster! Here I am wasting my day looking for places to hide from the sun, when I should be thing about how to grow bigger and stronger. ”

take off the hard shell
crab螃蟹
lobster 龙虾
intend计划 意图
shell 外壳
frightened 害怕的 恐惧的
pay a heavy price for为什么...付出沉重的代价