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智慧寓言英语小故事 ：断尾的狐狸 A fox’s tail was caught in a trap. When he was trying to release himself, he lost his whole tail except the stump. 一只狐狸的尾巴被夹住了，当他试着脱身的时候，挣断了整条尾巴。 At first he was ashamed to see the other foxes because he had no tail, but he was determined to face his misfortune. He called all the foxes to a meeting. 开始时，他看到其他狐狸的 When they had gotten together, the fox said that they should all do away with their tails. 时候感到很羞愧。后来，他决定面对这种不幸，就召集了所有的狐狸开会。 He said that their tails were very inconvenient when they met with their enemies. 大家到齐后，他极力劝说其他狐狸也割掉尾巴，说尾巴在遭遇敌人时很不方便，尾巴一点儿作用也没有。 He did not talk about any advantages of the tail. You are right, said one of the older foxes, but I don’t think you would advise us to do away with our tails if you hadn’t lost it yourself first. 可他没有说有尾巴的任何好处。一只老狐狸站出来说：“如果你没有失去你的尾巴，你是不会来劝大家都割去尾巴的。 ” ：鹤与螃蟹 One day an old Crane stood in the shallows of a lotus pond with a very dejected look upon his long face. A Crab nearby noticed the troubled look on the old bird, and asked: 一天， 一只老鹤站在荷花池里的浅水处，它那张长长的脸上一副沮丧的射神情。附近的一只蟹注意到老鹤的一脸忧愁，问道： “There are fish in this pond. How is it that you stand there as if you have given up the thought of ever eating?” “这个池塘里有鱼。你怎么呆呆地在那儿，好像再也不想吃鱼了。“ “I am sad,” said the old Crane,” because I heard a terrible piece of news today. “我很伤心，”老鹤说，“今天我听到了一个可怕的消息。 I overheard the fishermen in town saying that tomorrow they will come to this pond and drain it of every fish and every shell to the last periwinkle. 我听城里的渔夫们说，他们明天要来捕光所有的鱼和甲壳类动物，连个螺蛳也不剩，那样我就死定了，因为我没有东西吃了。 When that happens, I am doomed for I shall have nothing to live on. My appetite has left me ever since and I am now resigning myself to dying of hunger.” 从那时起我就没胃口了，我现在就是顺其自然，等着饿死。” The fish in the pond overheard the Crane, and they said to each other in their distress: 池塘里的鱼听到鹤的话，很是忧伤地相互说道： “Since he and we have a common enemy in the fishmen perhaps the w