The Wolf and the Crane
A Wolf had been gorging on an animal he had killed,when suddenly a small bone in the meat stuck in his throat and he could not swallow it.He soon felt terrible pain in his throat,and ran up and down groaning and groaning and seeking for something to relieve the pain.He tried to induce every one he met to remove the bone.“I would give anything,” said he,“if you would take it out.” At last the Crane agreed to try,and told the Wolf to lie on his side and open his jaws as wide as he could.Then the Crane put its long neck down the Wolf's throat,and with its beak loosened the bone,till at last it got it out.
“Will you kindly give me the reward you promised?” said the Crane.The Wolf grinned and showed his teeth and said:“Be content.You have put your head inside a Wolf's mouth and taken it out again in safety; that ought to be reward enough for you.”
Gratitude and greed go not together.
狼和鶴
一只狼在吞咽剛殺掉的一只動(dòng)物,忽然一塊肉里的小骨頭扎進(jìn)了它的喉嚨,吞不進(jìn)去,吐不出來,疼得它上躥下跳.狼呻吟著去找人減輕它的痛苦,它嘗試勸誘每一個(gè)遇見的人幫它把骨頭取出來,“如果有人能幫我取出骨頭,我愿意給它任何東西.”最終有只鶴同意幫它,它讓狼側(cè)身躺著,將嘴盡量張大,然后把自己的長脖子伸入到狼的喉嚨中,用嘴啄松了骨頭,將它取了出來.
“請給我您承諾過的獎(jiǎng)勵(lì)吧”鶴說,狼齜著鋼牙冷笑到,“你就知足吧,剛才你把頭放進(jìn)一只狼的嘴里,并且安然無恙的拿了出來,這對你已經(jīng)是最大的獎(jiǎng)勵(lì)了.”
貪婪的人不懂得感恩.