雙語趣味故事匯

　　一 城市老鼠和農村老鼠

　　here are two mice. They are friends. One mouse lives in the country, while the other mouse lives in the city.

　　After several years the country mouse meets the city mouse. He says, “Come and see me at my house in the country.” So the city mouse goes. The city mouse says, “The food is not good. Your house is not good, either. Why do You live in a hold in the field? Come and live in the city with me. You can live in a nice stone house there. You can eat nice food.”

　　有兩隻老鼠是朋友。一隻老鼠住在農村，另外一隻住在城市。

　　過了幾年之後，農村老鼠遇見了城市老鼠。他說：“來看看我在鄉下的房子吧。”於是城市老鼠就去了。城市老鼠說：“東西不好吃，你的房子也不好。你為什麼住在田野的地洞裡呢?跟我到城裡去住吧。在那兒你可以住漂亮的石頭房子，吃很好的食物。”

　　So the country mouse goes to the house of the city mouse. It is a very good house. The food is really nice, too. But when they are eating, they hear a great noise. They city mouse cries, “Run! Run! The cat is coming!” they ran away quickly and hid.

　　After some time they come out. The country mouse says, “I do not like living in the city. I like living in my hole in the field. It is nicer to be poor and happy than to be rich and afraid.”

　　因此，農村老鼠就去了城市老鼠的家。房子很好，食物也確實很可口。但是正在吃飯的時候，他們聽見很大的聲音。城市老鼠叫道：“快跑!快跑!貓來了!” 他們飛快的跑開躲藏起來。

　　過了一段時間他們出來了。農村老鼠說：“我不喜歡住在城市裡，我喜歡住在我田野的洞裡。貧窮而快樂比富有但擔驚受怕要好得多。”

　　二 狗和它的影子

　　It happened that a dog had some meat that he wanted toeat at home. On his way home he met a river. As he looked down, he saw his shadow in the water。

　　"Just look!"said he to himself. "That dog down there has some meat, too. If I could get it away from him, I would really eat well tonight!"

　　With this thought, he made a snap at the other dog's meat. And as he did, his own meat fell into the water. So then he had nothing at all。

　　Then he saw that the other dog had lost his meat, too。

　　"That is as it should be!?thought he. "For I saw him trying to take my meat away from me."

　　By wanting to have everything, he has lost everything he had!

　　一隻狗叼著肉打算回家去吃。在回家的路上他遇到一條河。他朝河裡望去，看見水中自己的影子。

　　“看吶!”他自言自語道。“下面那條狗也銜著肉呢。如果我把他的搶走，今晚上一定可以美餐一頓了!”

　　這麼想著，他就衝那隻影子狗咬去，這時候他自己的肉掉進了水裡。當然他什麼也沒有得到。

　　然後，他看到另一隻狗的肉也沒了。“活該!”他想，“因為我看到他想從我這裡搶走我的肉。”

　　什麼都想要，卻失去了原來所擁有的!