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国王的心里, 想了一个特别的法子。他想的别人想的都不一样。他把船划得那么快,
不是要到张大明的前头去,是要碰在张大明的船上,把他的船碰怀了。张大明就一
定掉何里了。那么美真就可以是他的了。
In his heart, the king had a special plan. He wanted other people to think
both were not the same (I think I've got this wrong). He had to row his boat fast, not wanting Zhang Daming to get ahead, and bump into the back of Zhang Daming's boat and ruin his boat. Zhang Daming would certainly fall in the river. Then Mei Zhen could be his.
可是他没想到, 张大明的船,后头又尖有殃。 他的船头在张大明的船上时候,张大
明的船没怀,可是把他自己的船头鹏怀了。张大明没掉在何里,他自己掉何里了。
But he didn't expect that the back of Zhang Daming's boat was both sharp and hard. When the front of his boat bumped into the back of Zhang Daming's boat, Zhang Daming's boat wasn't ruined, but the front of his own boat was ruined. Zhang Daming didn't fall in the river, he himself fell in the river.
国王在水里上来下去,喝了不少的水。有时候,头在水外头,就大叫。有时候,一
个字还没叫出来那,头又到水里头去了。头在水里就得喝水。喝水喝得太多了,也
不知道是应当往东还是应当汪西。看人也看不见,找人也找不着。
The king went up and down in the water and swallowed a lot of water. At
that time, when his head was out of the water, he gave a big cry. Then,
(don't understand this phrase), he went back under the water again. (Don't understand this sentence). He swallowed a lot of water and also didn't know if he should go to the east or to the west (didn't know which way to go?). To the people watching he disappeared, they couldn't find him.
Chapters 6 and 7 are a lot more difficult!