Little Elephant went on along the bank of the great gray-green, greasy Limpopo River until he stepped on what he thought was a log, but it was the crocodile.

小象启程向西边出发。过了许多天，他来到了又大又油腻的灰绿色的林波波河。但是他并不知道鳄鱼长什么样子，到哪里去找鳄鱼。

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While the furry creature looks like a big rat, it's thought by some camps (there's a fiery scientific debate) that the hyrax is actually the closest living relative to the elephant.

尽管这种覆盖毛皮的动物看起来像大鼠，但是有些研究者认为，在现存的物种中，蹄兔事实上是大象最近的亲属（关于这点科学上存在激烈的争论）。

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Little Elephant went on along the bank of the great gray-green, greasy Limpopo River until he stepped on what he thought was a log, but it was the crocodile.

小象沿着又大又油腻的灰绿色的林波波河的河岸，一直走到他踩上一根他所认为的原木。其实那就是鳄鱼。

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Do not think of a pink elephant for the next three seconds ? and I am sure no one thought of a pink elephant right?

在接下来的十秒钟里不要想粉色大象,我肯定没有人想一头粉色大象，是吗？

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