In the vast East China Sea, there was a huge turtle. It carried the Penglai Fairy Mountain on its head, floated and swam in the great sea, sometimes soaring into the sky and sometimes diving to the bottom of the sea.

　　A red ant on land heard of the huge turtle's magnificent feat1 and was pleasantly surprised. Thereupon, it called together a big swarm2 of ants to come to the seashore to have a good look to broaden their minds. They waited for over a month, but the huge turtle did not appear on the sea. When they were about to return, the sea wind suddenly sprang up and great waves surged up, shaking the land like thunder. The swarm of ants exclaimed: "Ah, now the huge turtle is about to come out."

　　A few days afterwards, the wind abated3, the waves calmed down, and the sea was tranquil4 again. A mountain as high as the sky could be faintly seen rising from the surface of the water and sometimes moving westward5. The swarm of ants stretched their heads to watch it for a while, and then expressed their opinions: "Why, what's the difference between its carrying a high mountain on its head and our carrying grains of rice on ours? We crawl along the ants' hill leisurely6 and freely, and return to our hole to rest. That is: Each has a role to play. Why should we waste our energy and cover several hundred li to watch it?"

　　浩瀚的東海里，有一只大鰲，它頭頂著蓬萊仙山，在大海中浮游，有時(shí)飛騰躍上云霄，有時(shí)下潛沉人海底。

　　陸地上，一只紅螞蟻聽(tīng)說(shuō)大鰲有如此壯舉，非常驚喜，于是約了一大群螞蟻來(lái)到海岸邊，想好好看看，開(kāi)開(kāi)眼界?？墒牵鼈兊攘艘粋€(gè)多月，大鰲還沒(méi)浮出海面。群蟻將要回去的時(shí)候，突然海風(fēng)激蕩，波濤萬(wàn)丈，雷鳴般地震撼著大地。這群螞蟻喊道：“啊，這回大鰲就要出來(lái)了。”

　　幾天以后，風(fēng)平浪靜，大海平靜了下來(lái)，隱隱約約看到水平面上升起一座齊天的高山，時(shí)而還向西游動(dòng)。這群螞蟻伸頭探腦看了一陣，大發(fā)議論道：“嘿嘿，它頭頂高山與我們頭頂米粒有什么兩樣呢？我們逍遙自在地在蟻山上爬行，回到洞里歇息。這叫各得其所。何必白費(fèi)力氣奔波數(shù)百里來(lái)看它呢？”