在一个风和日丽的下午，一只狐狸走进了森林深处。它已经好几天没有找到食物了，肚子饿得咕咕直叫。突然，它看到前方有一棵高大的苹果树，树上挂满了红彤彤的苹果。狐狸高兴极了，它踮起脚尖试图够到最低的苹果，但树太高了，无论怎么努力，它都够不到。
“这可怎么办呢？”狐狸自言自语道，“要是能再长高一点就好了！”
这时，一只猴子从树上跳了下来，手里还拿着一个苹果。“嗨，朋友！”猴子笑着说，“看你愁眉苦脸的样子，是不是遇到什么问题了？”
狐狸叹了口气说：“是啊，我想吃这些苹果，可是我太矮了，够不着。”
猴子听了哈哈大笑：“这个问题简单，我来帮你。”说完，猴子迅速爬上了树，摘下几个苹果递给狐狸，并且自己也拿了一个啃了起来。
狐狸接过苹果，感激地对猴子说：“谢谢你，朋友！你真是个好人。”
猴子笑着回答：“不用谢，帮助别人也是在帮助自己。而且，分享快乐才能让生活更美好。”
狐狸吃完苹果后，心情愉快地离开了。它一边走，一边想着刚才的事情。忽然，它停下脚步，回头喊道：“等等，亲爱的猴子先生，请问你是如何学会爬树的？”
猴子挠了挠头，不好意思地说：“其实……我是因为小时候经常偷懒，总是坐享其成，结果被其他动物嘲笑，所以才开始练习爬树的。”
狐狸听完，忍不住笑了起来：“原来如此！看来每个人都有自己的成长故事啊。”
翻译：
One sunny afternoon, a fox entered the deep part of the forest. It hadn't found any food for several days and its stomach was growling loudly. Suddenly, it saw an apple tree ahead, with bright red apples hanging from its branches. The fox was overjoyed and tried to reach the lowest apple by standing on tiptoe, but the tree was too tall, no matter how hard it tried, it couldn't get one.
"What should I do?" the fox muttered to itself. "If only I could grow taller!"
At that moment, a monkey jumped down from the tree, holding an apple in its hand. "Hello, friend!" the monkey laughed. "Why do you look so worried? Are you having trouble?"
The fox sighed and said, "Yes, I want these apples, but I'm too short to reach them."
Hearing this, the monkey burst out laughing: "This is easy, let me help you." With that, the monkey quickly climbed up the tree, picked several apples, and handed some to the fox while keeping one for itself.
The fox accepted the apple gratefully and said to the monkey: "Thank you, friend! You're such a good person!"
The monkey replied with a smile: "No need to thank me. Helping others helps yourself as well. And sharing happiness makes life better."
After finishing the apple, the fox happily left. As it walked away, it thought about what had just happened. Suddenly, it stopped and turned back, shouting: "Excuse me, Mr. Monkey, may I ask—how did you learn to climb trees?"
The monkey scratched its head and said sheepishly: "Actually... when I was young, I often slacked off and relied on others, which made other animals laugh at me, so I started practicing climbing trees."
Hearing this, the fox couldn't help but laugh: "I see! Everyone has their own growth story!"
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希望你喜欢这个小故事！
