孟炎炎
猴子和漁夫
Once upon a time, there lived a monkey inthewoods. Themonkeyclimbedupthetreeand looked down at the river everyday.
One day, the monkey saw fishermen throwa net over the river. He watched how the fisher-men caught fish.
Sometime after, the fishermen left the netandwenttohavelunch. Then,themonkeyclimbed down from the tree and went to the riv-erside. The monkey was planning to throw thenet like the fishermen did.
The monkey wasconfidentsince he wasgoodatimitating. Yet,thenetwoundaroundthe monkey when he touched it. Tied up in thenet, the monkey fell into the water.
The monkey regretted his behavior, but itwas too late.“I should have learned how to usethe net before touching it. After believing myprowess and showing off, I am in a bad fix.”Themonkeywhodidnotbehavecarefullydrowned in the water.
從前,樹林里有一只猴子。每天猴子都會(huì)爬上樹看下面的小河。
一天,猴子看見漁夫們?cè)诤由先恿艘粋€(gè)網(wǎng)。他看著漁夫怎么捕魚。
過了一會(huì)后,漁民把網(wǎng)放下后吃午飯去了。然后,猴子迅速?gòu)臉渖吓老聛砼艿胶舆叀:镒記Q定模仿漁民的樣子撒網(wǎng)。
猴子很自信,因?yàn)樗瞄L(zhǎng)模仿。但是當(dāng)猴子抓網(wǎng)的時(shí)候網(wǎng)正好纏著了。于是猴子緊緊地抓著網(wǎng),掉進(jìn)了水里。
猴子對(duì)自己的行為感到很后悔,但為時(shí)已晚?!拔覒?yīng)該學(xué)會(huì)撒網(wǎng)后再碰網(wǎng)的。過于相信自己的能力,才落得如此下場(chǎng)?!弊詈蠛镒颖谎退懒恕?/p>