the BAT AND THE WEASELSA
Bat falling upon the ground was caught by a Weasel, ofwhom he earnestly besought his life. The Weasel refused,saying, that he was by nature the enemy of all birds. TheBat assured him that he was not a bird, but a mouse, andthus saved his life.
Shortly afterwards the Bat again fellon the ground, and was carght by another Weasel, whom helikewise entreated not to eat him. The Weasel said that hehad a special hostility to mice. The Bat assured him thathe was not a mouse, but a bat; and thus a second timeescaped.It is wise to turn circumstances to good account.
蝙蝠和鼠狼
一只蝙蝠墜落到地面上來,被一只鼠狼捉住了,蝙蝠哀求討?zhàn)垺J罄遣淮饝?,說它自己最愛和鳥類為敵。蝙蝠便證明它自己不是鳥,只是一只老鼠,因此鼠狼就放了它。
不久這只蝙蝠又墜落到地上來,被另一只鼠狼捉住,它同樣地哀求討?zhàn)垺D鞘罄钦f它自己最恨老鼠,蝙蝠證明自己并不是老鼠,而是一只蝙蝠;因此,它第二次又安然地逃離危險了。隨機應變乃聰明之舉。