Aesop’s Fables(伊索寓言)

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Aesop's Fables

The Cock and the Pearl

A cock was once strutting up and down the farmyard among the hens

when suddenly he espied something shinning amid the straw. "Ho! ho!"

quoth he, "that's for me," and soon rooted it out from beneath the straw.

What did it turn out to be but a Pearl that by some chance had been lost in

the yard? "You may be a treasure," quoth Master Cock, "to men that

prize you, but for me I would rather have a single barley-corn than a peck

of pearls."

Precious things are for those that can prize them.

Aesop's Fables

The Wolf and the Lamb

Once upon a time a Wolf was lapping at a spring on a hillside, when,

looking up, what should he see but a Lamb just beginning to drink a little

lower down. "There's my supper," thought he, "if only I can find some

excuse to seize it." Then he called out to the Lamb, "How dare you

muddle the water from which I am drinking?"

"Nay, master, nay," said Lambikin; "if the water be muddy up there, I

cannot be the cause of it, for it runs down from you to me."

"Well, then," said the Wolf, "why did you call me bad names this time

last year?"

"That cannot be," said the Lamb; "I am only six months old."

"I don't care," snarled the Wolf; "if it was not you it was your father;"

and with that he rushed upon the poor little Lamb and .WARRA

WARRA WARRA WARRA WARRA .ate her all up. But before she

died she gasped out ."Any excuse will serve a tyrant."

Aesop's Fables

The Dog and the Shadow

It happened that a Dog had got a piece of meat and was carrying it

home in his mouth to eat it in peace. Now on his way home he had to

cross a plank lying across a running brook. As he crossed, he looked

down and saw his own shadow reflected in the water beneath. Thinking

it was another dog with another piece of meat, he made up his mind to

have that also. So he made a snap at the shadow in the water, but as he

opened his mouth the piece of meat fell out, dropped into the water and

was never seen more.

Beware lest you lose the substance by grasping at the shadow.

Aesop's Fables

The Lion's Share

The Lion went once a-hunting along with the Fox, the Jackal, and the

Wolf. They hunted and they hunted till at last they surprised a Stag, and

soon took its life. Then came the question how the spoil should be

divided. "Quarter me this Stag," roared the Lion; so the other animals

skinned it and cut it into four parts. Then the Lion took his stand in front

of the carcass and pronounced judgment: The first quarter is for me in

my capacity as King of Beasts; the second is mine as arbiter; another share

comes to me for my part in the chase; and as for the fourth quarter, well,

as for that, I should like to see which of you will dare to lay a paw upon

it."

"Humph," grumbled the Fox as he walked away with his tail between

his legs; but he spoke in a low growl ."You may share the labours of the

great, but you will not share the spoil."

Aesop's Fables

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.

Aesop's Fables

The Man and the Serpent

A Countryman's son by accident trod upon a Serpent's tail, which

turned and bit him so that he died. The father in a rage got his axe, and

pursuing the Serpent, cut off part of its tail. So the Serpent in revenge

began stinging several of the Farmer's cattle and caused him severe loss.

Well, the Farmer thought it best to make it up with the Serpent, and

brought food and honey to the mouth of its lair, and said to it: "Let's forget

and forgive; perhaps you were right to punish my son, and take vengeance

on my cattle, but surely I was right in trying to revenge him; now that we

are both satisfied why should not we be friends again?"

"No, no," said the Serpent; "take away your gifts; you can never forget

the death of your son, nor I the loss of my tail."

Injuries may be forgiven, but not forgotten.

Aesop's Fables

The Town Mouse and the Country

Mouse

Now you must know that a Town Mouse once upon a time went on a

visit to his cousin in the country. He was rough and ready, this cousin,

but he loved his town friend and made him heartily welcome. Beans and

bacon, cheese and bread, were all he had to offer, but he offered them

freely. The Town Mouse rather turned up his long nose at this country

fare, and said: "I cannot understand, Cousin, how you can put up with

such poor food as this, but of course you cannot expect anything better in

the country; come you with me and I will show you how to live. When

you have been in town a week you will wonder how you could ever have

stood a country life." No sooner said than done: the two mice set off for

the town and arrived at the Town Mouse's residence late at night. "You

will want some refreshment after our long journey," said the polite Town

Mouse, and took his friend into the grand dining-room. There they found

the remains of a fine feast, and soon the two mice were eating up jellies

and cakes and all that was nice. Suddenly they heard growling and

barking. "What is that?" said the Country Mouse. "It is only the dogs of

the house," answered the other. "Only!" said the Country Mouse. "I do

not like that music at my dinner." Just at that moment the door flew open,

in came two huge mastiffs, and the two mice had to scamper down and run

off. "Good-bye, Cousin," said the Country Mouse, "What! going so

soon?" said the other. "Yes," he replied;

"Better beans and bacon in peace than cakes and ale in fear."

Aesop's Fables

The Fox and the Crow

A Fox once saw a Crow fly off with a piece of cheese in its beak and

settle on a branch of a tree. "That's for me, as I am a Fox," said Master

Reynard, and he walked up to the foot of the tree. "Good-day, Mistress

Crow," he cried. "How well you are looking to-day: how glossy your

feathers; how bright your eye. I feel sure your voice must surpass that of

other birds, just as your figure does; let me hear but one song from you

that I may greet you as the Queen of Birds." The Crow lifted up her head

and began to caw her best, but the moment she opened her mouth the

piece of cheese fell to the ground, only to be snapped up by Master Fox.

"That will do," said he. "That was all I wanted. In exchange for your

cheese I will give you a piece of advice for the future ."Do not trust

flatterers."

Aesop's Fables

The Sick Lion

A Lion had come to the end of his days and lay sick unto death at the

mouth of his cave, gasping for breath. The animals, his subjects, came

round him and drew nearer as he grew more and more helpless. When

they saw him on the point of death they thought to themselves: "Now is

the time to pay off old grudges." So the Boar came up and drove at him

with his tusks; then a Bull gored him with his horns; still the Lion lay

helpless before them: so the Ass, feeling quite safe from danger, came up,

and turning his tail to the Lion kicked up his heels into his face. "This is

a double death," growled the Lion.

Only cowards insult dying majesty.

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