伊索寓言中英文对照阅读版(2)

　　伊索寓言中英文对照版(四)

　　The wolf and the crane

　　When a wolf was eating an animal, a small bone from the meat got stuck in his throat. He could not swallow it, so he felt a terrible pain.

　　He ran up and down, and tried to find something to relieve the pain.

　　He tried to convince anyone to remove the bone. "I would give anything," he said, "if you would take it out."

　　At last the crane agreed to try. It told the wolf to open his mouth, and then put its long neck down the wolf’s throat.

　　The crane loosened the bone with its beak, and finally got it out.

　　"Will you kindly give me the reward?" asked the crane.

　　The wolf showed his teeth, and said, "Be content,you have put your head into a wolf’s mouth and taken it out again in safety. That is a great reward for you."

　　●狼吃东西的时候，肉里的一小块骨头卡在喉咙里，吞不下去，很疼。他四处奔走，想找到什么办法减轻痛苦。

　　●他为了让人相信说道：“如果能取出这块骨头，我付出什么都可以。”

　　●最后，鹭鸶同意试试看，他让狼张大嘴，然后将长长的脖子伸进狼的喉咙，用尖嘴叼出骨头。

　　●鹭鸶问：“你给我什么报酬?”狼露出他的牙齿，说：“喂，朋友，你能从狼嘴里平安无事地收回头来，这就是报酬。”

　　寓意: 一个贪得无厌的人是不会因为得到别人的帮助而心存感激的。

　　伊索寓言中英文对照版(五)

　　The fox without a tail

　　A fox’s tail was caught in a trap. When he was trying to release himself, he lost his whole tail except the stump.

　　At first he was ashamed to see the other foxes because he had no tail, but he was determined to face his misfortune. He called all the foxes to a meeting.

　　When they had gotten together, the fox said that they should all do away with their tails.

　　He said that their tails were very inconvenient when they met with their enemies.

　　He did not talk about any advantages of the tail. "You are right," said one of the older foxes, "but I don’t think you would advise us to do away with our tails if you hadn’t lost it yourself first."

　　●一只狐狸的尾巴被夹住了，当他试着脱身的时候，挣断了整条尾巴。

　　●开始时，他看到其他狐狸的

　　时候感到很羞愧。后来，他决定面对这种不幸，就召集了所有的狐狸开会。

　　●大家到齐后，他极力劝说其他狐狸也割掉尾巴，说尾巴在遭遇敌人时很不方便，尾巴一点儿作用也没有。

　　●可他没有说有尾巴的任何好处。

　　●一只老狐狸站出来说：“如果你没有失去你的尾巴，你是不会来劝大家都割去尾巴的。 ”

　　寓意: 有些人为了自己的利益而劝告他人，我们不能轻信他们的意见。