雙語·《伊索寓言》 老鷹和捕鷹人

THE EAGLE AND HIS CAPTOR

A Man once caught an Eagle, and after clipping his wings turned him loose among the fowls in his hen-house, where he moped in a corner, looking very dejected and forlorn. After a while his Captor was glad enough to sell him to a neighbour, who took him home and let his wings grow again. As soon as he had recovered the use of them, the Eagle flew out and caught a hare, which he brought home and presented to his benefactor. A fox observed this, and said to the Eagle, “Don't waste your gifts on him! Go and give them to the man who first caught you; make him your friend, and then perhaps he won't catch you and clip your wings a second time.”

老鷹和捕鷹人

有一個人抓住了一只老鷹，剪掉了老鷹翅膀上的羽毛，把他丟在了自家的雞舍里。老鷹縮在雞舍的一角啜泣，看上去十分絕望、傷心。過了一段時間，捕鷹的人把老鷹賣給了自己的鄰居，鄰居將老鷹帶回家，好好養(yǎng)著，他的翅膀便又長好了。翅膀一復(fù)原，老鷹便飛出去抓住了一只野兔，帶回家送給了自己的恩人。狐貍看到后，對老鷹說：“不要把禮物浪費(fèi)在他身上！回去把東西送給最初抓住你的那個人，和他做朋友，也許下一次他就不會抓你、剪掉你的翅膀了。”