雙語·《伊索寓言》 野豬和狐貍

THE WILD BOAR AND THE FOX

A Wild Boar was engaged in whetting his tusks upon the trunk of a tree in the forest when a Fox came by and, seeing what he was at, said to him, “Why are you doing that, pray? The huntsmen are not out to-day, and there are no other dangers at hand that I can see.” “True, my friend,” replied the Boar, “but the instant my life is in danger I shall need to use my tusks. There'll be no time to sharpen them then.”

野豬和狐貍

有一只野豬正在林子中一棵樹的樹干上磨牙，這時(shí)一只狐貍走了過來，看到他在做的事情，對(duì)他說：“請(qǐng)問你為什么要這么做呢？今天獵人又沒有出來，我可看不到有什么危險(xiǎn)啊?！币柏i回答說：“你說得沒錯(cuò)，朋友，但是遇到危險(xiǎn)我就立刻需要用到我的獠牙，那時(shí)候可沒有工夫磨牙啊?！?/p>