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The fox without a tail
英語趣味故事斷尾的狐狸
A fox’s tail was caught in a trap. When he was trying to release himself, he lost his whole tail except the stump.
At first he was ashamed to see the other foxes because he had no tail, but he was determined to face his misfortune. He called all the foxes to a meeting.
When they had gotten together, the fox said that they should all do away with their tails.
一隻狐狸的尾巴被夾住了，當他試着脫身的時候，掙斷了整條尾巴。
開始時，他看到其他狐狸的時候感到很羞愧。後來，他決定面對這種不幸，就召集了所有的狐狸開會。
He said that their tails were very inconvenient when they met with their enemies.
大家到齊後，他極力勸說其他狐狸也割掉尾巴，說尾巴在遭遇敵人時很不方便，尾巴一點兒作用也沒有。
He did not talk about any advantages of the tail.
"You are right," said one of the older foxes, "but I don’t think you would advise us to do away with our tails if you hadn’t lost it yourself first."
可他沒有說有尾巴的任何好處。
一隻老狐狸站出來說：“如果你沒有失去你的尾巴，你是不會來勸大家都割去尾巴的。 ”
寓意: 有些人爲了自己的利益而勸告他人，我們不能輕信他們的意見。
The wind and the sun
英語趣味故事風和太陽
One day the wind said to the sun, "Look at that man walking along the road. I can get his cloak off more quickly than you can."
"We will see about that," said the sun. "I will let you try first."
有一天風跟太陽說：“看看那個沿着路上走的人，我可以比你快讓他把披風脫下來。”
“我們等着看吧，”太陽說，“我讓你先試。”
So the wind tried to make the man take off his cloak. He blew and blew, but the man only pulled his cloak more closely around himself.
"I give up," said the wind at last. "I cannot get his cloak off." Then the sun tried. He shone as hard as he could. The man soon became hot and took off his cloak.
因此風嘗試讓那個人把披風脫下來。他用力地吹，可是那個人把披風拉得更緊。
“我放棄了，”風最後說，“我無法讓他把披風脫下來。”然後太陽試試看。他儘可能的曬他。不久，那個人很熱就把披風脫下來了。
