63狐狸和猫-双语名著无障碍阅读丛书——《伊索寓言(精选)Aesop'sFables(Selections)》

Aesop's Fables (Selections) 六三 狐狸和猫 狐狸向猫吹嘘自己足智多谋，可以用很多种方法避开敌人：“我有一百 种办法可以从敌人面前逃跑。” “我只会一种办法，”猫说道，“但通常很管用。”正说着，他们听到远 处传来一群猎狗的叫声，猫三下两下就爬上树，躲进了茂密的枝叶里，对狐 狸说：“这就是我逃跑的办法，你怎么办呢？” 狐狸的办法很多，他想了一种又一种，就在他举棋不定的时候，猎狗已 经越来越近了。最后，始终拿不定主意的狐狸被猎狗团团围住，没过多久， 猎人赶到，杀死了狐狸。猫看到这一幕，说道：“一种安全的办法胜过一百 种靠不住的法子。” ·076· 伊索寓言（精选） LXIII The Fox and the Cat A Fox was boasting to a Cat of its clever devices for escaping its enemies.“I have a whole bag of tricks2,”he said,.“which contains③a hundred ways of escaping my enemies." “I have only one,.”said the Cat;“but I can generally manage with that."Just at that moment they heard the cry of a pack of hounds coming towards them,and the Cat immediately scampered up a tree and hid herself in the boughs.“This is my play,”said the Cat..“What are you going to do?” The Fox thought first of one way,then of another,and while he was debating the hounds came nearer and nearer,and at last the Fox in his confusion was caught up by the hounds and soon killed by the huntsmen.Miss Puss,who had been looking on,said:"Better one safe say than a hundred on which you cannot reckon⑤，” ①device/di'vais/n.策略 ②rick /trik/n诡计 ③contain/kan'tein/v..包含 ④scamper /'skaempa/.奔跑，快跑 ③reckon /'rekon/.指望，依赖 ·077·