卻沒有面對真相的勇氣。

But we lacked courage to face the truth.

看著老蝸牛已奄奄一息，

Seeing the old snail near her last gasp,

我雖然義憤填膺，

I was filled with righteous indignation,

卻無能為力，

But I was powerless to help.

只恨我們慢得竟然躲不過小小的螞蟻。

I could only rue our slowness that makes us prey even to ants.

這才知道，

Then I realized:

慢本身并不是過錯，

Being slow is not wrong in itself;

錯的是因為緩慢而滋生的懦弱性格。

What's wrong is the cowardice that slowness fosters in us.

我發誓要做一只堅強而勇敢的蝸牛，

I vowed to be a brave and steadfast snail;

絕不向強勢低頭。

Never would I lower my head before brute force.

剛下定決心，

No sooner had I made this resolution,

就遇到了險境。

Than I encountered a dire predicament.

只見一只怪物趴在我的面前，

I saw a monster squatting right in front of me.

張牙舞爪地露出挑釁的惡臉。

It struck a fighting pose and leered combatively.

我把頭一昂，

I held my head high,

想先下手為強。

Intending to strike first and get the upper hand.

我沖上去和他扭打

I charged forward and grappled with him.