94～95墨丘利木像和木匠、寒鸦和鸽子-双语名著无障碍阅读丛书——《伊索寓言(精选)Aesop'sFables(Selections)》

Aesop's Fables (Selections) 九四墨丘利木像和木匠 有个木匠，人很穷，刻了一尊墨丘利木像，天天献祭，祈求发财。他千 祈万求，可还是越来越穷。最后，他非常生气，就把木像从座上取下来，使 劲地往墙上摔。木像的头摔了下来，从中流出一股金子；木匠赶快捡起来， 说：“啊，我想你凡事总是拧着来，真是不可理喻。敬你供你时，我得不到 半点好处；现在扔你摔你，你倒给了我大笔财富。” XCIV The Image of Mercury and the Carpenter A very poor man,a Carpenter by trade,had a wooden image of Mercury,before which he made offerings day by day,and begged the idol to make him rich,but in spite of his entreaties he became poorer and poorer.At last,being very angry,he took his image down from its pedestal and dashed it against the wall.When its head was knocked off,out came a stream of gold,which the Carpenter quickly picked up and said,"Well,I think thou art altogether contradictory and unreasonable;for when I paid you honor,I reaped no benefits; but now that I maltreat you I am loaded with an abundance of riches." ①carpenter/ka:pinta/n.木匠 ②offering /'ofarin/n奉献物，牲礼 ③idol /'aidl/n.神像 ④entreaty/in'tri:ti/n恳求，哀求 ⑤pedestal /pedistl/n基架，座 ⑥contradictory/kontra'diktori/a互相矛盾的 ⑦unreasonable/An'ri:znabl/a不合理的 ④abundance /'bAndons/n.丰富，充裕 ·112· 伊索寓言（精选）【 九五寒鸦和鸽子 有只寒鸦，见鸽笼里几只鸽子食物丰盛，就把自己涂白，钻进去，分享 鸽子丰富的食物。寒鸦不言，鸽子也就当他是一群的，让他进了鸽笼。 有一天，寒鸦忘乎所以，开始鸣叫，鸽子这才发现他的真面目，就赶 他，用嘴啄他。寒鸦在鸽子中得不到食物，就返回寒鸦群里。寒鸦们见他一 身白，也不认他，赶他，不让他跟他们在一起生活。寒鸦是两头都要得，两 头都得不到。 XCV The Jackdaw and the Doves A Jackdaw①，seeing some Doves in a cote②abundantly provided with food,painted himself white and joined them in order to share their plentiful maintenance.The Doves,as long as he was silent, supposed him to be one of themselves and admitted him to their cote. But when one day he forgot himself and began to chatter,they discovered his true character and drove him forth,pecking him with their beaks.Failing to obtain food among the Doves,he returned to the Jackdaws.They too,not recognizing him on account of his color, expelled him from living with them.So desiring two ends,he obtained neither. ①jackdaw /d3 ekdot/n.寒鸦 ②cote /kaut/n.棚，窝 8 plentiful/plentiful/a多的，丰富的 ④maintenance /'meintinans/n.生话费用 分peck /pek/.以喙啄 ·113·