ONCE UPON A TIME, when the Sun announced his intention to take a wife, the Frogs lifted up their voices in clamor to the sky. —
从前，当太阳宣布要娶妻时，青蛙们将他们的声音高声传向天空。 —

Jupiter, disturbed by the noise of their croaking, inquired the cause of their complaint. —
有干扰这嘈杂声音的木星问起他们的抱怨的原因。 —

One of them said, “The Sun, now while he is single, parches up the marsh, and compels us to die miserably in our arid homes. —
其中一个说：“太阳，在他还是单身时，把沼泽干燥了，迫使我们在干旱的家中痛苦地死去。 —

What will be our future condition if he should beget other suns?’
如果他要生下另外的太阳，我们的未来将会如何呢？”