張恒

The Dirty Pig臟兮兮的豬

One fine day， a dirty pig was taking a bath in a pool. A thirsty1 lion came to drink water， but couldnt stand the heavy stench2 and went away. The foolish3 pig thought that the lion was afraid to see him.“Maybe tomorrow，” said the lion and turned away from the dirty pig. The pig got excited. He went home and told his parents he had met a coward4 lion.“What have you done you， foolish pig？ Its not you but your stench that made him run away，” said his father. The dirty pigs excitement5 went away at once. His father asked him to take a bath in the dirty waters so that he might stink6 even more and then meet the lion. The pig listened to his father. As soon as the lion came to him， he couldnt stand the stench and ran away. Since then， pigs always keep themselves dirty so that no animal might come near them.

在一個晴朗的日子里，一頭臟豬正在池子里泡澡。一只口渴的獅子過來喝水，但因無法忍受濃重的臭味而離開了。這頭愚蠢的豬以為獅子看到它就害怕。“要不明天再來喝吧?！豹{子說著，轉(zhuǎn)身遠(yuǎn)離了那頭臟兮兮的豬。這頭豬回家后，告訴父親它遇到了一只膽小的獅子?！澳阕隽耸裁?，蠢豬？不是因為你，而是你的臭味讓他逃離的?！备赣H說道，那頭臟豬的興奮感立刻消散了。父親叫它在臟水里洗澡，好讓身上更加臭氣熏天，然后再去見獅子。豬聽從了父親的話，獅子一靠近它就因無法忍受臭味而跑開了。從那時起，豬總是把自己弄得很臟，以免會有動物來靠近它們。

Two Fishermen兩個漁夫

Two men went fishing. One was an experienced7 fisherman， the other wasnt. Every time the experienced fisherman caught a big fish， he put it in his ice box to keep it fresh8. Whenever the inexperienced fisherman caught a big fish， he threw9 it back. The experienced fisherman watched this go on all day and finally got tired of seeing the man do it. “Why do you keep throwing back all the big fish you catch？” he asked. The inexperienced fisherman answered， “I only have a small frying pan10.”

兩個人去釣魚，一個是有經(jīng)驗的漁夫，另一個不是。每次這個有經(jīng)驗的漁夫釣到一條大魚，他都把魚放在冰柜里保鮮。那個沒有經(jīng)驗的漁夫每次釣到一條大魚，就把它扔回水里去。有經(jīng)驗的漁夫看了一整天，終于厭煩了這個人的做法?！澳銥槭裁纯偸前巡兜降拇篝~都扔回去？”他問道。沒經(jīng)驗的漁夫回答說：“我只有一個小煎鍋?！?/p>

（英語原文選自：shortstoriesshort.com）