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1.The Wolf and the Lamb 狼与小羊 WOLF, meeting with a Lamb astray from the fold, resolved not to lay violent hands on him, but to find some plea to justify to the Lamb the Wolfs right to eat him. He thus addressed him:Sirrah, last year you grossly insulted me. Indeed, bleated the Lamb in a mournful tone of voice, I was not then born. Then said the Wolf , You feed in my pasture. No, good sir, replied the Lamb, I have not yet tasted grass. Again said the Wolf, You drink of my well. No, exclaimed the Lamb, I never yet drank water, for as yet my mothers milk is both food and drink to me. Upon which the Wolf seized him and ate him up, saying, Well! I wont remain supperless, even though you refute every one of my imputations.The tyrant will always find a pretext for his tyranny.一只小羊在河边喝水，狼见到后，便想找一个名正言顺的借口吃掉他。于是他跑到上 游，恶狠狠地说小羊把河水搅浑浊了，使他喝不到清水。小羊回答说，他仅仅站在河边喝 水，并且又在下游，根本不可能把上游的水搅浑。狼见此计不成，又说道：“我父亲去年被 你骂过。”小羊说，那时他还没有出生。狼对他说：“不管你怎样辩解，反正我不会放过 你。”这说明，对恶人做任何正当的辩解也是无效的。2.The Kingdom of the Lion狮子国王 THE BEASTS of the field and forest had a Lion as their king. He was neither wrathful, cruel, nor tyrannical, but just and gentle as a king could be. During his reign he made a royal proclamation for a general assembly of all the birds and beasts, and drew up conditions for a universal league, in which the Wolf and the Lamb, the Panther and the Kid, the Tiger and the Stag, the Dog and the Hare, should live together in perfect peace and amity. The Hare said, Oh, how I have longed to see this day, in which the weak shall take their place with impunity by the side of the strong. And after the Hare said this, he ran for his life. 有只狮子做了国王，他善良、温和，与人一样和平、公正。在他的统治下，惩恶扬善， 裁决动物之间的纠纷，使所有的动物和睦相处。胆小的兔子说：“我祈祷能得到这样的日 子，那时弱者就不怕被强者伤害了。” 然后赶紧逃命去了。 3.The Cock and the Jewel公鸡和宝玉 A COCK, scratching for food for himself and his hens, found a precious stone and exclaimed: If your owner had found thee, and not I, he would have taken thee up, and have set thee in thy first estate; but I have found thee for no purpose. I would rather have one barleycorn than all the jewels in the world.一只公鸡在田野里为自己和母鸡们寻找食物。他发现了一块宝玉，便对宝玉说：“若不 是我，而是你的主人找到了你，他会非常珍惜地把你捡起来;但我发现了你却毫无用处。我 与其得到世界上一切宝玉，倒不如得到一颗麦子好。”这是说自己需要的东西才是真正珍贵的。4.Catch stone fisherman捕石头的渔夫 渔夫们拉网时，觉得很沉重，他们高兴得手舞足蹈，以为这一下子捕到了许多的鱼。Fisherman who dragnet, feel very heavy, they danced for joy, thinking that this suddenly catch a lot of fish.哪知把网拉到岸边，网里却满是石头和别的东西，没有一条鱼。哪知the network pulled the shore, net里却full of stones and other things, not a fish.他们十分懊丧，没捕到鱼倒也罢，难受的是事实与他们所预想的正好相反。They are very Yusang, did not catch fish inverted worth mentioning at all uncomfortable with the fact that they expected the opposite is true.他们中一个年老的渔夫说道：“朋友们，别难过，快乐总与痛苦在一起，她们如同一对姐妹。我们预先快乐过了，现在不得不忍受到一点点痛苦。” One of them elderly fisherman said: friends, not sadness, joy and pain together total, they like a sister. Advance happy we have, and now had to endure the pain a little bit.这故事是说，人生变化万千，正如有时晴朗的天空会突然发生风暴，不要因挫折而苦恼。The story is that life is happening, as sometimes sunny skies will suddenly turmoil, not because of setbacks and frustration.5.Children and Ramie孩子与苎麻 A child was careless Ramie stabbed, he rushed home and told his mother: I only lightly Pengyi what, it was my painful thorns. Mom said: Because of this, it will thorn you. if the next time you met Ramie, to a courageous and seize it, it will be in your hands become soft as silk, you will no longer be stabbed. 一个小孩不小心被苎麻刺了，他急忙跑回家，告诉妈妈说：“我只轻轻地碰它一下，它就刺得我很痛。”妈妈说：“正因为如此，它才会刺你。下次你如果再碰到苎麻，要勇敢地一把抓住它，它就会在你的手中变得柔软如丝，不再会刺伤你了。” It is said that many people are serving hard against soft. 这是说，许多人都是服硬不服软的。6.The Ants and the Grasshopper蚂蚁与蚱蜢 THE ANTS were spending a fine winters day drying grain collected in the summertime. A Grasshopper, perishing with famine, passed by and earnestly begged for a little food. The Ants inquired of him, Why did you not treasure up food during the summer? He replied, I had not leisure enough. I passed the days in singing. They then said in derision: If you were foolish enough to sing al