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英语寓言短故事及翻译欣赏 冷杉和荆棘 A fir-tree was boasting to a bramble, and said, somewhat contemptuously, You poor creature, you are of no use whatever. Now, look at me: I am useful for all sorts of things, particularly when men build houses; they cant do without me then. But the bramble replied, Ah, thats all very well: but you wait till they come with axes and saws to cut you down, and then youll wish you were a Bramble and not a fir. Better poverty without a care than wealth with its many obligations. 一棵冷杉树用轻蔑的口吻对着荆棘夸口道：”你这个可怜的东西，一点用处也没有，你看看我，我可是对万物都有益处，尤其是当人类要盖房子的时候，没有我根本就不行。”但是，荆棘回答：“是啊!那确是很好，不过，等他们拿着斧头把你砍到时候，你就会希望自己是荆棘，而不是冷杉树了。” 宁可贫穷而无人问津，也不要富贵而责任缠身。 盲人与小野兽 There was once a blind man who had so fine a sense of touch that, when any animal was put into his hands, he could tell what it was merely by the feel of it. One day the cub of a wolf was put into his hands, and he was asked what it was. He felt it for some time, and then said, Indeed, I am not sure whether it is a wolfs cub or a foxs: but this I know -- it would never do to trust it in a sheepfold. Evil tendencies are early shown. 从前，有一个人眼睛虽然瞎了，可是他精于嗅觉，只要用手摸一摸，凭借着触感就便能说出这是什么动物。有一天，一只小狼崽被送到他的手中，请他告知这是什么东西。他用手摸了一会儿，然后说：“我不太确定，这到底是一只小狼崽，还是一只狐狸的幼崽，但是有一点我十分确定，千万别让它进羊圈。” 恶劣的本性从小便知。 工人和蛇 A labourers little son was bitten by a snake and died of the wound. The father was beside himself with grief, and in his anger against the snake the caught up an axe and went and stood close to the snakes hole, and watched for a chance of killing it. Presently the snake come out, and the man aimed a blow at it, but only succeeded in cutting of the tip of its tail before itwriggled in again. He then tried to get it to come out a second time, pretending that he wished to make up the quarrel. But the snake said, I can never be your friend because of my lost tail, nor you mine because of your lost child. Injuries are never forgotten in the presence of those who caused them. 工人的小儿子被一条毒蛇咬了一口，并且