Aesop's Fables

Aesop's Fables, retold by Julie Harding. Illustrated by Maria Voris. Focus question. What can people learn from Aesop's Fables?

《伊索寓言》，朱莉·哈丁改写。 玛丽亚·沃里斯绘。 思考问题。 人们能从伊索寓言中学到什么？

The Fox and the Stork The fox had the stork over to eat soup. The fox put the soup in a flat dish. The stork could not eat any soup. He could not reach it with his long beak. The fox ate all the soup and the stork went hungry. The next day, the stork invited the fox over for dinner. The stork put some meat in a jar with a long neck. The stork ate easily because his long beak fit into the jar. The fox could not get to the meat. This time he went hungry. The fox admitted that he had been wrong. Moral If you do mean things to others, they might do mean things to you in return.

《狐狸和鹳》狐狸请鹳来家里喝汤 狐狸把汤盛在扁盘子里 鹳一口汤都喝不到 他的长喙够不着汤 狐狸把汤全喝光了，鹳饿着肚子回了家 第二天，鹳回请狐狸来吃晚饭 鹳把一些肉放进一个瓶颈很长的罐子里 鹳吃得很轻松，因为他的长喙刚好能伸进罐子里 狐狸吃不到肉 这回轮到他饿肚子了 狐狸承认自己之前做错了 寓意 如果你对别人不友善， 别人也可能会反过来对你不友善

The Fox and the Crow The fox saw the crow fly to her favorite branch. She had a piece of cheese in her beak. The fox thought for a moment. He walked under the crow's branch and looked up at her. You are the prettiest bird I have ever seen, said the fox. The crow looked down at the fox. You fly so fast and gracefully. I bet you can sing, too, he said. The crow loved to hear compliments. She decided to sing for the fox. She opened her beak to sing. The cheese fell into the fox's mouth. When he was done eating, he said, Thank you very much. That was all I really wanted. Moral. Do not trust strangers who try to flatter you.

狐狸和乌鸦 狐狸看见乌鸦飞到她最喜欢的树枝上 她的喙里叼着一块奶酪 狐狸想了一会儿 走到乌鸦待的树枝下面，抬头看着她 "你是我见过的最漂亮的鸟儿。"狐狸说道。 乌鸦低头看着狐狸。 你飞得又快又优雅 "我打赌你唱歌也很好听，"他接着说。 乌鸦最爱听赞美了 她决定给狐狸唱首歌 于是张开了喙准备唱歌 奶酪就掉进了狐狸的嘴里。 狐狸吃完奶酪后说道："太谢谢你啦。" "这才是我真正想要的。" 寓意： 不要相信那些想要奉承你的陌生人。

The Crow and the Pitcher The crow had been flying all day and he was very thirsty. He came across a pitcher that was half full of water. He could not reach the water in the pitcher to drink. His beak could not reach down the neck of the pitcher. He tried tipping the pitcher, but it was too heavy. He saw that there were pebbles all over the ground. He began to drop pebbles one at a time into the pitcher. It took a very long time, but the water rose to the top. Then he drank all the water he wanted. Moral Doing things little by little is just as good as doing things all at once.

《乌鸦和水罐》 乌鸦飞了一整天，渴得厉害。 他发现了一个水罐，里面装着半罐水。 他够不到水罐里的水，喝不到。 他的喙伸不到水罐的瓶颈下面。 他试着把水罐推倒，可水罐太重了。 他看见地上到处都是小石子。 他开始把小石子一颗一颗丢进水罐里。 花了好长时间，水终于升到了罐口。 这下他终于喝到了足够的水。 寓意： 一步一步慢慢做事，和一下子把事做完一样棒。