雙語(yǔ)·《伊索寓言》 石榴樹(shù)、蘋(píng)果樹(shù)和荊棘

THE POMEGRANATE, THE APPLE-TREE, AND THE BRAMBLE

A Pomegranate and an Apple-tree were disputing about the quality of their fruits, and each claimed that its own was the better of the two. High words passed between them, and a violent quarrel was imminent, when a Bramble impudently poked its head out of a neighbouring hedge and said, “There, that's enough, my friends; don't let us quarrel.”

石榴樹(shù)、蘋(píng)果樹(shù)和荊棘

有一棵石榴樹(shù)和一棵蘋(píng)果樹(shù)爭(zhēng)論他們誰(shuí)的產(chǎn)量更高，他們都說(shuō)自己更高產(chǎn)。他們你來(lái)我往，滔滔不絕，一場(chǎng)激烈的爭(zhēng)吵即將發(fā)生。這時(shí)一株荊棘從旁邊的樹(shù)叢中探出頭來(lái)，說(shuō)：“唉唉，朋友們，夠了吧，咱們還是別吵了吧?！?/p>