小河长长的，一眼望不到头。河里的动物和河岸的植物都很善良。
The small river is long and endless at a glance. The animals in the river and the plants on the riverbank are both very kind.
一天，小河对岸有一两只鸟儿往那飞。小河好奇的探头过去是一朵玫瑰花。小河从没看过这么漂亮的花，很喜欢。小河每天都要和那朵玫瑰花说：“小玫瑰，我们做朋友吧！”但每次小玫瑰都说：“看你那样，不配跟我做朋友。”动物们都劝小河说：“不要跟他说话了，他不会理你的。”小河说：“没事的，一次不行十次，十次不行一百次，一百次不行总会行的。”
One day, one or two birds flew towards the other bank of the small river. The curious probe of the small river turned out to be a rose. Xiaohe has never seen such beautiful flowers before, he really likes them. Every day, Xiaohe would say to the rose, "Little rose, let's be friends!" But every time, Xiaohe would say, "Look at you, you don't deserve to be friends with me." The animals advised Xiaohe, "Don't talk to him anymore, he won't pay attention to you." Xiaohe said, "It's okay, not ten times at once, not a hundred times at ten times, not a hundred times at all
夏天快到了，小河告诉玫瑰花：“你的根往下扎，不然天热没有水会枯死。”小玫瑰不听。
Summer is coming soon, and Xiaohe told Rose, "Stick your roots down, or else you will die in the hot weather without water." Little Rose didn't listen.
夏天的太阳火辣辣的，晒的玫瑰花瓣长了许多“皱纹”。小河见后给她浇水。她却破口大骂：“你那破水往我身上泼什么？烦死了。”小河突然想起动物们说的话，觉得有道理，决定不再理睬玫瑰花。
The scorching summer sun has caused many wrinkles on the rose petals. After seeing her, Xiaohe watered her. But she cursed loudly, 'What are you throwing that broken water on me? I'm so annoyed.' Suddenly, Xiaohe remembered what the animals had said and thought it made sense, deciding to ignore the rose.
今年夏天，一次雨也没下。小玫瑰难受极了，对小河说：“给我点水吧。”小河说：“我这是破水，不配往你身上泼。”小玫瑰呆住了，小河居然被自己的话伤了，小玫瑰这才想到自己做了不该做的事。
This summer, there hasn't been a single rain. Little Rose felt extremely uncomfortable and said to Xiaohe, "Give me some water." Xiaohe said, "This is broken water, not worthy of splashing on you." Little Rose was stunned, and Xiaohe was actually hurt by her words. Little Rose then realized that she had done something she shouldn't have done.
没过多久，玫瑰花就枯死了！
Not long after, the rose withered and died!