118～119狮子的份额'、男人和两个心上人-双语名著无障碍阅读丛书——《伊索寓言(精选)Aesop'sFables(Selections)》

Aesop's Fables (Selections) ·一八狮子的份额 有一次，狮子跟狐狸、豺狗和狼一块去打猎。他们不停追赶，终于对一 只成年牡鹿发起突然攻击，很快就将牡鹿杀死了。接着就是如何分猎物的问 题。“把这只牡鹿给我分成四份。”狮子吼道，于是其他三个动物就剥了牡 鹿的皮，把牡鹿分成四份。狮子站在鹿尸前，宣布了他的意见：“第一份归 我，因为我是百兽之王：第二份归我，因为我是仲裁者：另一份也归我，因 为我也参与了狩猎；至于第四份，啊，至于这一份，我看你们谁敢动它一爪 子。” “哼。”狐狸咕哝着，夹着尾巴走开了；不过他咕哝的声音很小。 你可以与强者共苦，却无法与强者同甘。 ·142· 伊索寓言（箱选） CXVIII The Lion's Share The Lion went once a hunting along with the Fox,the Jackal,and the Wolf.They hunted and they hunted till at last they surprised a Stag,and soon took its life.Then came the question how the spoil should be divided."Quarter me this Stag,"roared the Lion;so the other animals skinned it and cut it into four parts.Then the Lion took his stand in front of the carcass and pronounced judgment:"The first quarter is for me in my capacity as King of Beasts;the second is mine as arbiter;another share comes to me for my part in the chase;and as for the fourth quarter,well,as for that,I should like to see which of you will dare to lay a paw upon it." “Humph,”grumbled⑤the Fox as he walked away with his tail between his legs;but he spoke in a low growl You may share the labors of the great,but you will not share the Spoi1② ①carcass"ka:kos/n(动物的)尸体 ②pronounce/pra'nauns/..宣告 ③capacity/ka'pasiti/n能力 ④arbiter'a:bita/m.仲裁人 ⑤grumble /'grambl/.略囔 ⑥gowl/graul/n.低声威胁 ⑦spoi/spi/n战利品 ·143· Aesop's Fables (Selections) ·一九男人和两个心上人 有位中年人，头发已开始发白。他同时追求两个女人。一个年轻，另一 个年纪已经很大了。年长的女人觉得被比自己小的男人追求，难堪，所以她 打定主意，追求者一来，就拔掉他一撮黑发。相反，年轻的女人不想嫁给一 个老头，所以也同样热心地拔掉她能找到的每一根白发。结果，周旋在她们 俩人中间，他很快就发现自己头上一根头发也不剩了。 欲讨人人欢，反遭人人怨。 CXIX The Man and His Two Sweethearts A middle-aged man,whose hair had begun to turn gray,courted two women at the same time.One of them was young,and the other well advanced in years.The elder woman,ashamed to be courted by a man younger than herself,made a point,whenever her admirer visited her,to pull out some portion of his black hairs.The younger,on the contrary,not wishing to become the wife of an old man,was equally zealous in removing every gray hair she could find.Thus it came to pass that between them both he very soon found that he had not a hair left on his head. Those who seek to please everybody please nobody. ①gray /grei/a灰色的 ②court/ko:t/.献殷勒，追求 ③zealous /zel3s/a热心的，积极的 ·144·