雙語·《伊索寓言》 女主人和仆人

THE MISTRESS AND HER SERVANTS

A Widow, thrifty and industrious, had two servants, whom she kept pretty hard at work. They were not allowed to lie long abed in the mornings, but the old lady had them up and doing as soon as the cock crew. They disliked intensely having to get up at such an hour, especially in winter-time: and they thought that if it were not for the cock waking up their Mistress so horribly early, they could sleep longer. So they caught it and wrung its neck. But they weren't prepared for the consequences. For what happened was that their Mistress, not hearing the cock crow as usual, waked them up earlier than ever, and set them to work in the middle of the night.

女主人和仆人

有一個寡婦，生性節(jié)儉，勤勤懇懇，她家里有兩個仆人，都被她安排了很辛苦的工作。他們早晨沒有辦法賴床，晨雞一報曉，女主人就會叫他們起床開始工作。他們都很不喜歡這么早就起床，尤其是冬天的時候。于是他們想，如果能夠讓雞別那么早叫醒女主人，那他們就能多睡一會兒了。所以，他們抓住雞，扭斷了它的脖子。但是他們并沒有如愿以償，女主人聽不到雞鳴，叫他們起床的時間卻比過去更早了，幾乎還在半夜就把他們喊起來干活了。