天使的故事（插图·中文导读英文版）.doc

驴和它的影子 The Ass and His Shadow 一个人雇了一头驴出远门。天气酷热，这个人和驴的主人都想在驴的影子下休息，可驴的影子太小，结果两人争吵起来，驴就趁机跑掉了。 traveler hired an Ass to convey him to a distant place. The day being intensely hot, and the sun shining in its strength, the Traveler stopped to rest, and sought shelter from the heat under the Shadow of the Ass. As this afforded only protection for one, and as the Traveler and the owner of the Ass both claimed it, a violent dispute arose between them as to which of them had the right to the Shadow. The owner maintained that he had let the Ass only, and not his Shadow. The Traveler asserted that he had, with the hire of the Ass, hired his Shadow also. The quarrel proceeded from words to blows, and while the men fought, the Ass galloped off. In quarreling about the shadow we often lose the substance. 驴和它的影子 狼 和 驴 The Wolf and the Donkey 狼在路上遇到了驴。驴急中生智，叫狼不要在公路上吃他，因为那样他会害羞。狼同意和驴用绳子拴一起，等走到“安静”的地方再吃驴。驴将狼带到了自己的主人家。主人想把狼杀了，但不小心让狼逃跑了。 Wolf once met a Donkey on the road outside the village. “I’m going to eat you up,” said the Wolf. “Certainly,” replied the Donkey, thinking fast, “But please don’t eat me out here on the road where everyone can see. I shall be so ashamed. Take me into the forest. Don’t be afraid that I shall try to escape. Here, tie this rope round your neck and fasten it to my bridle. Then I will lead you to a quiet spot I know.” The Wolf thought this was a good idea so he fastened the rope round his neck and knotted it firmly to the Donkey’s bridle. “Now I will go wherever you say,” said the Donkey. “Show me the way to your quiet spot,” ordered the Wolf. “Very well,” said the Donkey, setting off down the road towards the village. As they came to the first houses the Wolf began to suspect that he had been tricked. “This is not the way to the forest,” he said, ragging at his end of the rope, “This road goes to the village.” “Don’t worry,” said the Donkey cheerfully, “This is a short cut.” The Donkey began to trot faster, then to gallop. The rope round