英语寓言歌手：蝎子和乌龟

摘要：乌龟和蝎子建立了深厚的友谊，他们结伴同行，谁也离不开谁。一天，这对形影不离的朋友觉得应该改变一下生活环境，于是就决定一起旅行。

A Tortoise and Scorpion had contracted a great intimacy, and bound themselves with such tiesof friendship, that the one could not live without the other.

One day these inseparable companions, finding themselves obliged to change their habitation,traveled together; but in their meeting with a large and deep river, the Scorpion making a stop,said to the Tortoise:

乌龟和蝎子建立了深厚的友谊，他们结伴同行，谁也离不开谁。

一天，这对形影不离的朋友觉得应该改变一下生活环境，于是就决定一起旅行。在路上，他们遇到一条又宽又深的河流。蝎子停下来，对乌龟说：

“My dear friend, you are well provided for what we see before us, but how shall I get over thiswater?”

“亲爱的朋友，你能顺利渡过前面这条河，可我怎么过得去呢?”

蝎子和乌龟

“Never trouble yourself, my dear friend, for that,”replied the Tortoise,“I will carry you upon myback secure from all danger.”

“不要急，亲爱的朋友，”乌龟说，“我背着你过河，这样就不会有任何危险了。”

On this, the Scorpion, without hesitation, got upon the back of the Tortoise, who immediatelytook water and began to swim. But he had hardly got half way across the river, when he hearda terrible rumbling upon his back; which made him ask the Scorpion what he was doing.

就这样，蝎子毫不犹豫地爬到乌龟的背上，乌龟立即跳入水中朝对岸游去。但当乌龟游到一半时，他听到背上一阵刺耳的声音，于是就问蝎子在干什么。

“Doing!”replied the Scorpion,“why, I am whetting my sting, to try whether I can bore thishorny cuirass of yours, that covers yours flesh like a shield, from all injuries.”

“干什么!”蝎子回答道，“哦，我在磨我的刺，看我能否刺穿你那如盾牌般坚固、使你免受伤害的盔甲。”

“Oh, ungrateful wretch,”cried the Tortoise,“wouldst thou, at a time when I am giving thee sucha demonstration of my friendship, wouldst thou at such a time, pierce with thy venomoussting, the defense that Nature has given me, and take away my life? It is well, however, I haveit in my power both to save myself and reward thee as thou deservest. ”

“哦，忘恩负义的家伙!”乌龟叫道，“我对你这么好，你却企图用毒刺刺穿大自然赐予我的盔甲，想要我的命吗?好吧，我有能力拯救自己并让你受到惩罚。”

So saying, he sunk his back to some depth under water, threw off the Scorpion, and left him topay with his life for his monstrous ingratitude.

说着，乌龟沉入水底，抛开蝎子，让他为自己的忘恩负义付出生命的代价。

交友不慎的狗

Once there was a fox who lived in a jungle He always Went to look for food in a village that wasnot far from where he lived One day, the fox went to a village near the jungle.

森林里住着一只狐狸。它时常跑到附近的村子里偷吃的。有一天，这只狐狸悄悄地溜进森林附近的村子里来。

There he met a dog who was guarding his master's house. "How are you, mV friend?" asked thefox. "I'm fine, thank You," said the dog. "Why do you sit here?

它碰见 了一只看门狗.“你好吗，朋友7”狐狸问。 “我很好，谢谢。¨狗回应道。“你为什么呆在这儿呢?

Let's go and look for some food, "said the fox. The dog felt that all this while his master hadnot given him enough food to eat. "Where shall we go?" asked the dog.

走吧，我们一起去找好吃的吧。狐狸说狗觉得可以，因为它在主人家连饭都吃不饱。 狗问道：“那我们该去哪儿呢，

"Let's go and eat some chickens and ducks, "answered the fox. The dog was very happy tohear the fox's answer. He told the fox he preferred a chicken. "You can have that, but you musthelp me, " said the fox. "

“我们去抓些鸡鸭来吃吧¨狐狸回答道狗听狐狸这么说，十分高兴。它告诉狐狸它想要一只鸡¨你可以得到的，但你必须帮我”，狐狸说。¨好的。”

AII right, "replied the dog. The fox took the dog to a farm not far from there. The dog was veryeager to eat the chicken. "We can't go into the farm now," said the fox. "

狗回答道。于是狐狸带着狗到了不远处的一个农场里。猗非常急切地想 屹鸡。“我们现在还不能进去，¨狐狸说，

We must wait until it is dark. At night the farmer won't be able to see us "All right, " said thedog. That night, the fox and the dog entered the farm.

“我们得等天黑了才能摸进 去，晚上我们就不会被农夫发现了。" “那好的。”狗说到了晚上，狐狸和狗偷偷地潜入农场里。

The dog was worried about being caught by the farmer. "Don't worry. I have stolen tenchickens before and I have never been caught, "said the fox."That was before, "Said the dog.

狗心里忐忑不安， 非常担心被农夫抓个正着。¨别担心。我曾偷过他们的十多只鸡，从来没被抓住过。”狐 狸说。 ¨那是以前的事，¨狗说，¨如果碰巧今晚被人发现怎么办?¨

"What will happen if the farmer sees us tonight? ""lf the farmer sees us, we'1l run away quickly, "said the fox. "How will I run“ he asked "I'm not Use to this place."

¨如果被人发现，我们就快快逃跑呀!¨狐狸说。¨我该往哪里跑呢，”它问，¨我不熟悉这地方。¨

"You just have to run into the Jungle," replied the fox. "The farmer won’t chase are you in thejungle." "All right. I’ll do that," said the dog.

¨往森林里跑就行啦!¨狐狸回答道，¨农场主不会到森林粤追 你的。"好吧，就听你的。¨狗说。

At last they reached the chicken coop. They were quite unlucky that night. The fox and the dogboth fell into a trap set by the farmer. They cried out in fear.

最后，它们来到鸡舍，那天晚上它们很不走运。狐狸和狗都 掉进了农场设置的陷阱里，它们害怕得大叫起来。

The farmer heard their cries and he woke up from his sleep. "It must be that nasty fox, " saidthe farmer, getting up quickly.

它们的叫声惊 醒了睡梦中的农场主。“肯定是狡猾的狐狸来了。”农场主说，并 快速起来，下床点亮灯就去了鸡舍。在陷阱里，他发现了一只狐 狸和一只狗。

The farmer switched on the light and went to the chicken coop. He saw a fox and a dog in thetrap.

"哼!你自个儿来偷还不够，还带了个朋友来。

"Oh, it isn't enough that you came to steal, but you also brought along a friend," said thefarmer. "You are both equally bad" The farmer took a piece of wood and beat that fox and thedog. Then the farmer told his wife, "The dog became friends with the fox. Because of that habecame a thief tool"

"农场主说，你们两个都不是好东西!农场主拿起一根木棍狠狠地朝狐狸和狗的身上打去。过后，农场主对他的妻子说："这只看门狗能交上狐狸这种朋友，是因为它自己也变成了小偷。”