雙語(yǔ)·《伊索寓言》 漁夫和小鯡魚(yú)

THE FISHERMAN AND THE SPRAT

A Fisherman cast his net into the sea, and when he drew it up again it contained nothing but a single Sprat that begged to be put back into the water. “I'm only a little fish now,” it said, “but I shall grow big one day, and then if you come and catch me again I shall be of some use to you.” But the Fisherman replied, “Oh, no, I shall keep you now I've got you: if I put you back, should I ever see you again? Not likely!”

漁夫和小鯡魚(yú)

有一個(gè)漁夫撒網(wǎng)到海里，拉上來(lái)的時(shí)候，發(fā)現(xiàn)網(wǎng)里面只有一條小鯡魚(yú)，其余毫無(wú)所獲。小鯡魚(yú)乞求漁夫把它放回大海：“我現(xiàn)在只不過(guò)是條小魚(yú)，但有一天我會(huì)長(zhǎng)大的，等將來(lái)你要是再捉住了我，我就能派上些用場(chǎng)了?！钡菨O夫回答：“哦，不，既然已經(jīng)撈到了你，我還是留著你吧，要是放你回去，誰(shuí)知道我還能不能再見(jiàn)到你！不太可能了！”