A wolf was almost dead with hunger.A house-dog saw him,and asked,"Friend,your irregular life will soon ruin you.
"Why don't you work steadily as I do,and get your food regularly?"
"I would have no objection," said the wolf,"if I could only get a place." "I will help you," said the dog."Come with me to my master,and you shall share my work."
So the wolf and the dog went to the town together.
On the way the wolf saw that there was no hair around the dog's neck.
He felt quite surprised,and asked him why it was like that?
"Oh,it is nothing," said the dog."Every night my master puts a collar around my neck and chains me up.You will soon get used to it."
"Is that the only reason?" said the wolf."Then good-bye to you,my friend.I would rather be free."
一只狼快要餓死了,一只狗看見后問他：“你現(xiàn)在的無規(guī)律的生活一定會毀掉你,為什么不像我一樣穩(wěn)定地干活并有規(guī)律地獲得食物呢?”
狼說：“如果我有個地方住,我沒有意見.”狗回答說：“跟我到主人那里去,我們一起工作.”于是狼和狗一起回到了村子.
在路上,狼注意到狗的脖子上有一圈沒有毛,他很奇怪地問為什么會那樣.
“噢,沒有什么,”狗說,“我的主人每天晚上都用一條鐵鏈子拴住我,你很快就會習(xí)慣的.”“就是因?yàn)檫@個原因嗎?”狼說道,“那么,再見了,我的朋友,我寧愿選擇自由.”
寓意:自由比安樂更重要.
補(bǔ)充一個：
Fox and cock
One morning a fox sees a cock.He
think,"This is my breakfast.''
He comes up to the cock and says,"I know
you can sing very well.Can you sing for me?''The
cock is glad.He closes his eyes and begins
to sing.The fox sees that and caches him in his mouth and carries him away.
The people in the field see the fox.They cry,"Look,look!The fox is carrying the cock away.''The cock says to the fox,"Mr Fox,do you understand?The people say you are carrying their cock away.Tell them it is yours.Not theirs.''
The fox opens his mouth and says,"The cock is mine,not yours.''Just then the cock runs away from the fox and flies into the tree.
狐貍和公雞
一天早上,一只狐貍看到了一只公雞.他想：這是我的早餐.
他朝公雞走來,對他說：“我知道,你能唱得非常好聽,你能唱給我聽么?瀨戶早妃”公雞很高興.他閉上眼睛開始唱歌.狐貍看到這些抓住它放到自己的嘴里走了.
在田地里的人們看到了狐貍.大喊大叫：“看,看!狐貍抓住公雞逃走了.”公雞對狐貍說：“狐貍先生,你能理解么?人們認(rèn)為你叼走了公雞.告訴他們這是你的,不是他們的.”
狐貍張開她的嘴說：“公雞是我的,不是你們的.”就在那時,.公雞跑到了樹底下.