A long time ago, plants were very weak. Animals and people picked them and ate them. The plants grew tired of this constant threat.
从前，植物非常虚弱。动物们和人们摘它们吃它们。植物不想再忍受下去了。
They decided not to put up with it any longer. They began to think at if animals and people kept picking and eating them, they would all die.
它们决定不再忍受了，想着：如果动物们和人们仍然摘着吃它们，它们都会死的。
The plants got together for a meeting, but they couldn’t find any answers because they were so weak and couldn’t move very far.
植物们聚在一起开会，但它们找不到任何办法，因为它们非常弱，又不能移动的远一点。
They all thought that there was a God who protected them, so they began to pray. “Plant God, please protect us.” They prayed for one hundred days.
它们有保护自己的上帝。于是它们开始许愿：“植物上帝，请保护我们吧。”它们许愿了100天。
The Plant God finally appeared to them. To the Plant God, the plants looked very weak, so he spoke to them saying,
植物上帝终于在它们面前出现了，在植物上帝眼前，植物看起来非常虚弱，所以他对植物说：
“I want to help you, but you are too weak. I don’t know what to do. How I can help you?”
“我想帮助你们，但你们太弱了。我不知道怎么办，怎么帮助你们呢？”
“Plant God, I am a rose. People always pick me because of my beauty. Please, give me thorns so people will not pick me.”
“植物上帝，我是一支玫瑰花，人们总是摘我，因为我很美丽。请给我一些刺，这样人们就不会摘我了。”
“Okay, I will grant your prayer.”
“好的，我会实现你的愿望。”
Next, the grass stepped forward and said. “Please, give me sharp leaves, then I can cut the bugs that touch me.”
接下来，草走上前说：“请给我尖锐的叶子，这样我就可以把碰我的虫子割了。”
“Okay, I will grant your prayer.”
“好的，我会现实你的愿望。”
Next, the nettle stepped forward and said, “Plant God! Plant God! Please paint poison on my hair so rabbits cannot eat me.”
接下来，荨麻走上前说：“植物上帝，植物上帝！请在我的头发上抹上毒药，这样，兔子就不能吃我了。”
“Okay, I will grant your prayer.”
“好的，我会实现你的愿望。”
Next the garlic stepped forward. “Please, give me a hot and spicy smell so the crowds of bugs will be driven away.”
接下来，大蒜走上前说：“请给我一种麻辣的味道，这样，虫子们就会飞开了。”
“Okay, I will grant your prayer.”
“好的，我会实现你的愿望。”
Next, the sundew plant stepped forward and said, “Plant God, please paint sticky liquid on my leaves so bugs cannot run away, and then I can eat them!”
接下来，毛毡苔走上前说：“植物上帝，请在我的叶子上抹上粘粘的液体，这样，虫子们就跑不了。我还可以把它们吃了！”
“Okay, I will grant your prayer.”
“好的，我会实现你的愿望。”
In this way, all of the plants asked the Plant God for the special abilities they wanted.And every plant received an ability to protect itself.
这样，每个植物都向植物上帝要了它们想要的特殊能力，并且都得到了一种能力来保护自己。
Plants aren’t as helpless or as weak as we think. We must care for the plants and stop mistreating them.
植物们并不像我们想象的那么无能和虚弱，我们必须照顾好植物，并且不能虐待它们。