雙語·《伊索寓言》 吃撐的狐貍

THE SWOLLEN FOX

A hungry Fox found in a hollow tree a quantity of bread and meat, which some shepherds had placed there against their return. Delighted with his find he slipped in through the narrow aperture and greedily devoured it all. But when he tried to get out again he found himself so swollen after his big meal that he could not squeeze through the hole, and fell to whining and groaning over his misfortune. Another Fox, happening to pass that way, came and asked him what the matter was; and, on learning the state of the case, said, “Well, my friend, I see nothing for it but for you to stay where you are till you shrink to your former size; you'll get out then easily enough.”

吃撐的狐貍

有一只饑餓的狐貍在一棵樹的樹洞中找到了很多面包和肉，那是牧羊人留在那里的。狐貍十分欣喜，便爬進狹窄的洞，貪婪地將食物一掃而光。但是當(dāng)他想要出去的時候，卻發(fā)現(xiàn)自己吃得太多了，身體膨脹出不去了，于是便落回洞底，陣陣哀嘆自己的不幸。另一只狐貍碰巧經(jīng)過，問他是怎么回事，搞清楚事情始末之后，他說：“好吧，朋友，我想不出什么別的法子，你只能待在里面，等到你變回原來的身材，然后就能輕松出來了?！?/p>