07 影子里的肥肉
日期:2022-05-24 16:30
(单词翻译:单击)
A Dog was crossing a plank bridge over a stream with a piece of meat in his mouth,
一只狗嘴里衔着一块肉,正在走过河上方独木桥,
when he happened to see his own reflection in the water.
当他偶然看到自己映在水中的倒影时,
He thought it was another dog with a piece of meat twice as big;
他以为这是另一只狗,身上还有一块跟他现在这块相比大一倍的肉;
so he let go his own, and flew at the other dog to get the larger piece.
于是,他放开自己的手,朝另一只狗扑去,想抓住那块更大的
But, of course,
但是,这结果也显而易见,
all that happened was that he got neither;
最后他两个都没有得到;
for one was only a shadow, and the other was carried away by the current.
因为一个只是影子,另一个又被水流冲走了