The gorillas in the valleys in the south often lived together in groups of several tens. They were fond of drinking wine, and even fonder of imitating man's behavior.
南方山谷里的猩猩,常常数十成群地生活在一起。它们喜欢喝酒,更喜欢模仿人的行为。
People knew very well their habits and often put wine or distiller's grains on the roadside together with many straw sandals connected together with ropes.
人们掌握了它们的习性,经常把酒或酒糟放在路边,旁边又放着许多草鞋,草鞋用绳索连接起来。
The gorillas knew this was a trick to lure them into traps and cursed:
猩猩知道这是人们引诱它们上当,便破口大骂:
"Humph! Do you think we don't know your tricks? We'll never be taken in!"
“哼!你们以为我们不知道吗?我们决不上你们的当!”
So they called one another, turned round and left.
于是,互相招呼,回头就走。
But they had already smelled the aroma of the wine, and couldn't bear to part with it. Even after they left, they would turn their heads to look back. When they saw no one there, they would turn back; and after they turned back, they were afraid of being deceived, and left again. After much hesitation, they finally said to themselves:
"Just for a taste of the wine. It won't matter as long as we don't get drunk."
“去尝尝味道,不喝醉就不碍事。”
Shortly afterwards, they agreed to come back to drink the wine. When they got drunk, they forgot everything. Every gorilla put on the straw sandals and imitated the way man walks.
不一会儿,大家同意了,都回来喝酒。等到喝醉的时候,它们一切都忘记了,一个个穿上草鞋,学着人走路。
As a result, they fell down one after another and were all caught alive by people.
结果,一个个都跌倒了,统统被人活捉。
英文寓言故事2
A Smart Tortoise
A tiger is hungry, he is looking for food. He sees a frog in front of him.
“Ha ha! A frog! My dinner!” so he rushes at the frog.
Behind the tiger, there is a tortoise. The little tortoise sees it; he bites the tiger’s tail.
“Ouch!” cries the tiger and he looks back. The frog hears the voice and jumps into water.
“Thank you, little tortoise.” says the frog.
But the tiger is very angry. “Bother it! I’ll throw you to the sky!”
“Thank you, I like flying in the sky,” says the tortoise.
The tiger stops, “I will throw you into the river.”
“Oh,no! I can’t swim; I will die if you throw me into the water.” The tiger threw the tortoise into the water quickly.
“Thank you, Mr. Tiger. Bye-bye.” The tortoise and the frog swim away together.
聪明的乌龟
一只老虎很饥饿,他正在寻找食物。他看到一只青蛙在他前面。
“哈哈!一只青蛙,我有晚餐啦!”于是,他补向青蛙。
在老虎的后边,有一只乌龟。小乌龟看见了,他猛咬一下啊老虎的尾巴。
“哎呦!”老虎疼得叫起来并回头看看。此时青蛙听见了老虎的声音,他迅速跳进水里。
“谢谢你,小乌龟。”青蛙说。
大事老虎十分愤怒:“讨厌!我要把你扔到天上去。”
“谢谢你,我喜欢在天空飞翔。”乌龟说。
老虎停下来:“那我就把你扔到到水里。”
“哦,不!我不会 游泳 ,如果你把我扔井水里我会死的。”老虎很快就把乌龟仍进水了。
“谢谢你,老虎先生,再见!”乌龟和青蛙一起游走了。
英文寓言故事3
意怠免患
according to legend, there was a kind of birds called "dais" (swallow) on the east china sea.
the yidais were slow in reaction. they could not fly very high and seemed clumsy andincapable1.
but when they moved about, they always moved in groups, depended on one another for survival, and flew and landed together.
when they advanced, no one dared to advance rashly. when they retreated, no one dared to fall behind at will. when they fed, no one dared to scramble2 to be the first. all their activities were orderly.
when they went into action,万 dais always acted uniformly without any disorder3. they depended upon the collective efforts to avoid any harm from the outside world.