A Little Ant And A Watermelon

这里是中文译本。

There was a picture book, which has been influencing me, since my childhood. I read it when I was about 6 or 7 years old, while I was in grade 1 or 2. I have tried to search the internet, hoping that I could find it published on the internet, but unfortunately, I could not. Here is the brief story that I can recall:

One hot summer day, a mother ant and her child were walking in a watermelon field, and the child ant was getting thirsty. The mother ant pointed to a watermelon, said, this is called watermelon, watery and sweet. You go and eat it, and I'll take a rest under the shade.

The little ant clamped onto the watermelon, walking around and around, tried biting again and again, nothing tasted good. The hard shell nearly broke the little ant's teeth. After one hour's fruitless, eagerly and hurriedly rounding and rounding, the little ant stopped.

He woke his mom, and said sadly, sorry mom, but I have to wake you up. I rounded and rounded. And I have to say that the watermelon is not watery, nor sweet. it is hard and no taste at all. After knowing what his son had being doing, the mother ant said, honey, let's focus on one spot, and persistently dig. With a lots of efforts, they dig through the green hard shell. Deeper and deeper, they dig through the white layer. Suddenly, a stream of red sweet juice splashed onto them. It is the first time in his life, child ant tasted the world's most delicious fruit.

By the focus and persistence, the sweet results follow.