双语故事：蝙蝠和鼠狼

 

　　THE BAT AND THE WEASELSA
　　Bat falling upon the ground was caught by a Weasel， ofwhom he earnestly besought his life. The Weasel refused，saying， that he was by nature the enemy of all birds. TheBat assured him that he was not a bird， but a mouse， andthus saved his life.
　　蝙蝠和鼠狼
　　一只蝙蝠坠落到地面上来，被一只鼠狼捉住了，蝙蝠哀求讨饶。鼠狼不答应，说它自己最爱和鸟类为敌。蝙蝠便证明它自己不是鸟，只是一只老鼠，因此鼠狼就放了它。
　　Shortly afterwards the Bat again fellon the ground， and was carght by another Weasel， whom helikewise entreated not to eat him. The Weasel said that hehad a special hostility to mice. The Bat assured him thathe was not a mouse， but a bat； and thus a second timeescaped.It is wise to turn circumstances to good account.
　　不久这只蝙蝠又坠落到地上来，被另一只鼠狼捉住，它同样地哀求讨饶。那鼠狼说它自己最恨老鼠，蝙蝠证明自己并不是老鼠，而是一只蝙蝠；因此，它第二次又安然地逃离危险了。随机应变乃聪明之举。