15驴和狼-双语名著无障碍阅读丛书——《伊索寓言(精选)Aesop'sFables(Selections)》

AesopfsTabfes (Selections 一五 和狼 驴在草地上吃草,看见狼向他冲过来,就立刻装出腐腿的样子。狼来到 驴面前,问他是怎么离的,驴说是过篱爸的时候,脚上扎了一根尖刺。驴劝 狼帮他把刺拔出来,免得吃他的时候被刺卡住喉咙。狼信以为真,便抓起了 驴腿,仔仔细细地找那根刺。驴趁机用脚对准狼的嘴,用力一踢,踢掉了狼 的牙齿,然后飞快地逃走了。狼吃足了苦头,说道:“这叫自作自受。老爸 只教我当屠夫,我为什么偏要改行行医呢?” .022: 伊索寓言(精选) ⊙ XV The Ass and the Wolf An Ass feeding in a meadow{} saw a Wolf approaching② to seize him, and immediately pretended to be lame③. The Wolf, coming up, inquired the cause of his lameness. The Ass replied that passing through a hedge{④}he had trod with his foot upon a sharp thorn. He requested that the Wolf pull it out, lestwhen he ate him it should injure his throat^{}. The Wolf consented^{} and lifted up the foot, and was giving his whole mind to the discovery of the thorn, when the Ass, with his heels^{}, kicked his teeth into his mouth and galloped away. The Wolf. being thus fearfully mauled^{}, said, "I am rightly served, for why did I attempt the art of healing, when my father only taught me the trade of a butcher^{}?"” ①meadow /medau/n. 草地,牧场 ②approach /s'prautf/v. 靠近,接近 ③lame /leim/a. 足的 ④ hcdge /hed3/ n. 树 lest /lest/ conj. 以免 throat /Orout/ n. consent /kan'sent/ r. 同意 ⑧heel /hi:l/n. 脚后跟 omaul/mo:l/ v.打伤 o butcher/butfa/ n. 屠夫 .023·