The Fox And Cicada 狐貍和蟬

A hungry fox was looking for food in the forest. As he was starving, he heard a cicada singing.

He thought, "Although he is too small to feed me, at least I have something to eat."

Thus, the fox said, "Who is singing? I've never heard such a beautiful voice. Hey, may I ask you to come down?"

The cicada heard the fox, but he pretended that he didn't. The fox kept saying, "Oh, please. I just want to see you. I won't hurt you. Trust me."

On hearing this, the smart cicada dropped a leaf to the fox. The fox thought it was the cicada, so he jumpeed over and ate it.

After he found he was fooled, he angrily called the cicada "cheater." The cicada smiled and said, "Well, Mr. Fox, you won't be cheated if you didn't cheat me first."

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狐貍和蟬

一只饑腸轆轆的狐貍在森林里尋找食物，他聽見了一只蟬在歌唱。

狐貍想：“雖然他還不夠俺塞牙縫兒，可也比沒有強(qiáng)。”

狐貍于是喊到：“是誰在唱歌呀？我從未聽到過如此美妙的聲音。嘿，您能從樹上下來一下么？”

蟬假裝沒聽到。

狐貍繼續(xù)喊道：“我只想見見你，不會(huì)傷害你的。請(qǐng)相信我吧。”

聽到這句話，聰明的蟬扔下了一片樹葉。狐貍把它誤當(dāng)成了蟬，一躍而起，吞下了樹葉。

狐貍發(fā)現(xiàn)上當(dāng)了，他氣急敗壞的朝蟬喊道：“騙子！”

蟬微笑著回答：“可是，狐貍先生，是你騙我在先的呀！”