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1.Hercules and the waggoner

A waggoner was once driving a heavy load on a very muddy road.

Suddenly the wheels of the wagon sank into the mire, and the horse could not pull them out.

The waggoner threw down his whip. He knelt down and prayed to Hercules. “Hercules, help me,please,“ he said.

But Hercules appeared to him, and said, “Man, don’t kneel there. Get up and put your shoulder to the wheel.“

大力神与车夫
一名车夫赶着货车沿着一条非常泥泞的小路前行。

突然，马车的轮子陷入了泥潭，马无法将它们拉出来。

车夫扔下鞭子，跪在地上，祈求大力神出现，“大力神啊，请来帮助我。”他说。

大力神出现了，却说：“朋友，用你的肩膀把车轮扛起来，再驱赶马拉车出来。跪在那里祈求我有什么用呢?”

2.The two pots

There were two pots on the bank of a river. One was made of brass, and the other was made of clay.

When the water rose they both floated off down the river. The earthen pot tried to stay away from the brass one.

So the brass pot cried out, "Fear nothing, friend, I will not hit you."

"But I may come in contact with you," said the earthen pot. "If I come too close, whether I hit you or you hit me, I shall suffer for it."

After that the earthen pot floated away.

两口锅

河中漂流着一个瓦锅和一个铜锅。

每当潮涨潮落时，瓦锅就尽量地远离铜锅。铜锅大叫：“别害怕，朋友，我不会撞你的。”

“但是我有可能会和你接触，”瓦锅对铜锅说,“如果我离你太近，无论是你碰到我，或者是我自己不小心碰到你，我都会碎的。”

3.The milkmaid and her pail

A milkmaid was going to the market. She carried her milk in a pail on her head.

As she went along she began calculating what she would buy after she had sold the milk.

"I‘ll buy a new dress, and when I go to the ball, all the young men will dance with me!"

As she spoke she tossed her head back. The pail immediately fell off her head, and all the milk was spilt.

The girl went back without anything. She felt very sad. "Ah, my child," said her mother. "Do not count your chickens before they are hatched."

挤牛奶的姑娘
一个农家挤奶姑娘头顶着一桶牛奶，前往集市。

走了一会儿，她开始算计起卖完牛奶后要买的东西：“我要买一身新衣服，好去参加舞会，年轻的小伙子都会邀请我跳舞。”

想到这里，她真地摇起头来，牛奶桶随之倾倒在地，牛奶都流了出去。

女孩很伤心，两手空空地回到家里，母亲对她说：“我的孩子，不要过早地打如意算盘。”

4.The young thief and his mother

A young man was caught stealing, and sentenced to death three days later.

He wanted to speak with his mother before the execution. Of course this was granted.

When his mother came to him, he said, "I want to tell you something." He said something but she could not hear. He whispered again, and when she came close to him, she put her ear to his mouth. He nearly bit off her ear. All the bystanders were horrified.

"It is to punish her," he said. "When I was young I began stealing little things, and brought them home to mother. "Instead of punishing me, she laughed and said, ‘It will not be noticed.‘ It is because of her that I am here today."

小偷和他的母亲

一个小偷被抓住了，被判处死刑，三天后执行。

他想在行刑前与他的母亲话别，得到了允许。

当他妈妈来到他的面前，他说：“告诉你一件事。”他轻轻说了一遍，但是她听不到；等她走近些，小偷又轻声说了一遍。母亲将耳朵贴近时，儿子突然咬住母亲的耳朵，差点撕下来，周围的人都惊呆了。

“这是对她的惩罚，”小偷说，“我小时候小偷小摸，把偷的东西带回家时，她不但不惩罚我，反而笑着说‘别让人看见。’就是因为她我才落个今天这样的下场。”

5.The eagle and the arrow

An eagle was flying in the sky. As soon as it saw a rabbit, it swooped down on its prey.

Suddenly it was hit by an arrow.

It fluttered slowly down to the earth, and blood was pouring from the wound.

When the eagle looked down, he found that the shaft of the arrow was feathered with one of its own plumes.“Alas!”it cried.“We often give our enemies the means for our own destruction.”

鹰和箭

鹰在天空中飞翔，当他看见一只野兔时，就俯冲下来捕捉猎物。

突然，有人一箭射中了它。

鹰扇着翅膀降落在地面上。鲜血从伤口中喷涌而出。

它低头看到箭尾竟是由一根它自己的羽毛制成的，就痛苦地说：“唉，我们总是给敌人提供毁灭我们自己的工具！”

The ass and his purchaser

A man wanted to buy an ass. He went to the market, and saw a likely one. But he wanted to test him first.

So he took the ass home, and put him into the stable with the other asses. The new ass looked around, and immediately went to choose a place next to the laziest ass in the stable.

When the man saw this he put a halter on the ass at once, and gave him back to his owner.

The owner felt quite surprised. He asked the man, "Why are you back so soon? Have you tested him already?" "I don't want to test him any more," replied the man, "From the companion he chose for himself, I could see what sort of animal he is."

驴和买驴的人

●一个买主到市场上去买驴，他看中一头外表不错的驴，但是他想要牵走试一试。

●他把驴牵回家，放在自己其他的驴之间，这驴四处看看，立即走向一头好吃懒做的驴旁边。

●于是，买驴的人立刻给那头驴套上辔头，牵去还给驴的卖主。

●卖主感到很奇怪，他问买主：“你怎么这么快就回来了？”买主说：“不必再试了，从他所选择什么样的朋友来看，我已经知道他是什么样了。”

寓意: 物以类聚，人以群分。人们往往喜欢跟与自己相同的人交往，所以，我们可以根据一个人的朋友来推断他的为人。

The Fox and the Tiger

An Archer, hungting in the woods, was so successful with his arrows that he killed many of the wild animals. This frightened the rest so much that they ran into the densest part of the bushes to hide. At last the Tiger stood up, and pretending to be very brave, told the other animals not to be afraid anymore, but to rely on his courage, and he would attack the enemy on his own. While he was talking, and lashing his tail and tearing at the ground with his claws to impress the others, an larrow came and pierced his ribs. The Tiger howled with pain.
While he was trying to draw out the arrow with his teeth the Fox went up to hin and asked, in surprise, whoever had the strength and courage to wound such a brave and mighty beast as the Tiger?
"Nay," said the Tiger, "I misjudged my enemy. It was that unbeatable man over there!"

The Cock and the Jewel

A cock, scratching in the farmyard for food for the hens, turned up a precious stone that shone and sparked in the sun.
"Well," said the Cock,"I don't know what you are doing here. You are a very beautiful thing, and no doubt if your owner found you he would be delighted, but you are no good to me. I would rather have one grain of delicious barley than all the precious stones under the sun!"

The Sick Lion

A lion, no longer able, from the weakness of old age, to hunt for his prey, laid himself up in his den, and, breathing with great difficulty, and speaking with a low voice, gave out that he was very ill indeed. The report soon spread among the beasts, and there was great lamentation for the sick lion. One after the other came to see him; but, catching him thus alone, and in his own den, the lion made an easy prey of them, and grew fat upon his diet.

The fox, suspecting the truth of the matter, came at length to make his visit of inquiry, and standing at some distance, asked his Majesty how he did? "Ah, my dearest friend," said the lion, "Is it you? Why do you stand so far from me? Come, sweet friend, and pour a word of consolation in the poor lion's ear, who has but a short time to live."

"Bless you!" said the fox, "but excuse me if I cannot stay; for, to tell the truth, I feel quite uneasy at the mark of the foot-steps that I see here, all printing towards your den, and none returning outwards."
The Kite

A kite, which has been allowed to soar to the clouds, called out from on high to a butterfly down below in the valley.

“I can assure you that I can scarcely make you out. Confess now that you feel envious when you watch my so lofty flight.”

“Envious? No indeed! You have no business to think so much of yourself. You fly high, it is true; but you are always tied by a string. Such a life, my friend, is very far removed from happiness. But I, though in truth but little exalted, fly wherever I wish. I should not like all my life long to have to conduce to someone else’s foolish amusement.”

To Pull up the Seedlings to Help Them Grow

Once upon a time, an old farmer planted a plot of rice. Everyday he went to the field to watch the seedlings grow. He saw the young shoots break through the soil and grow taller each day. But still, he thought they were growing too slowly. He got impatient with the young plants. "How could the plants grow faster?" He tossed in bed during the night and could not sleep. Suddenly he hit upon an idea. He had an idea not wait for daybreak. He jumped out of the bed and dashed to the field. By the moonlight, he began working on the rice seedlings. One by one, he pulled up the young plants by half an inch. When he finished pulling, it was already morning. Straightening his back, he said to himself, "What a wonderful idea! Look, how much taller the plants have grown one night!" With great satisfaction, he went back home. He told his son what he had done in a triumphant tone. His son was shocked. Now the sun had risen. The young man was heart-broken to see all the pulled-up young plants dying.

People now use " Ba Miao Zhu Zhang" to describe the behavior of those who are too eager to get something done only to make it worse. The idiom is a bit like the English proverb "Haste makes waste" ------to spoil things by excessive enthusiasm