Ten Fables 十个寓言故事(上部)

(中文 佚名 张馨月 英译)

(一)

　　一只乌鸦坐在树上，整天无所事事。一只小兔子看见乌鸦，就问：“我能象你一样整天坐在那里，什么事也不干吗？”乌鸦答道：“当然啦，为什么不呢？”于是，兔子便坐在树下，开始休息。突然，一只狐狸出现了。狐狸跳向兔子……并把它给吃了。

　　这个故事的寓意是……要想坐在那里什么也不干，你必须坐(做)得非常非常高。 ( 一)

A crow was sitting around on the tree all day.A leveret saw the crow and asked:" Can i sit there and do nothing the whole day?"the crow answered:"Of course,why not?" Hence, the rabbit then sitted under the tree, and started taking a rest.Suddenly, a fox appeared.The fox sprang at the rabbit …… and ate it.

The implied meaning of this story is …… if you want to sit there and don't need to do anying,you must sit( do) very high.

　　(二)

　　一只火鸡和一头公牛在聊天。“我非常想到那棵树顶上去，”火鸡叹口气道，“但是我没有那份力气。”“这样啊，那你为什么不吃点我的粪便呢？”公牛答道，“那里面充满了营养。”火鸡吃了一团牛粪，发现它真的使自己有力气到达树的第一个分叉处。第二天，在吃了更多的牛粪以后，火鸡到达了树的第二个分叉处。最终，两星期后，火鸡非常骄傲地站在了树的顶端。但不幸的是，没多久，它就被一个农夫盯上了，并且农夫非常利索地就将火鸡射了下来。

　　这个故事的寓意是……牛粪(狗屎运)也许能使你抵达顶峰，但它不能使你永远呆在那儿。

( Two)

A turkey and a ox were chatting." I want to get on treetop very much," the turkey sighed ," but I have no that energy."" Thus, why not eat some of my excrement?" The bull answered," It is full of nourishment." The turkey ate one regiment of cow muck,and discovered that it really made it have the enough strength to arrive the first crotch of the tree.The second day, after eating more cow muck , it arrived the second crotch of the tree.Two weeks later, the turkey finally stood at the top of the tree proudly.Unfortunately, no long after , it was targeted by a farmer , and the farmer shot down the turkey nimbly .

The implied meaning of this story is …… cow muck( Bad luck) may make you arrive the peak , but it can't make you stay there forever.

　　(三)

　　一只小鸟正在飞往南方过冬的途中。天气太冷了，小鸟冻僵了，从天上掉下来，跌在一大片农田里。它躺在田里的时候，一只母牛走了过来，而且拉了一泡屎在它身上。冻僵的小鸟躺在牛屎堆里，发掘牛粪真是太温暖了。牛粪让它慢慢缓过劲儿来了！它躺在那儿，又暖和又开心，不久就开始高兴地唱起歌来了。一只路过的猫听到了小鸟的歌声，走过来查个究竟。顺着声音，猫发现了躲在牛粪中的小鸟，非常敏捷地将它刨了出来，并将它给吃了！

　　这个故事的寓意是……

　　1)不是每个在你身上拉屎的都是你的敌人。

　　2)不是每个把你从屎堆中拉出来的都是你的朋友。

　　3)而且，当你陷入深深的屎堆当中(身陷困境)的时候，闭上你的鸟嘴！

( Three)

A small bird was way the way to fly to south to overwinter.The weather was much too cold, the small bird frozen stiff, and dropped down from the sky and fell in a vast farmland.When it lay in the farmland, a cow walked over, and ---- a heap of excrement on it.The small frozen stiff bird lay in the cow's excrement and discovered it was really too warm.The cow muck let it slowly ease !It lay where and felt warm and happy, soon it began to sing songs happily.A cat passing by heard the singing of the small bird, so it came over to check what happened .Following the sound, the cat discovered the small bird hiding in the cow muck, then it digged it out with alacrity and ate it!

The implied meaning of this story is ……

1) Not all the persons who ---- on you are your enemies.

2) Not all the people who pull you up from the heaps of excrement are your friends.

3) Furthermore , when you sink into the excrement deeply ( the predicament), shut up your beak!

　　(四)

　　表演大师有一位表演大师上场前，他的弟子告诉他鞋带松了。大师点头致谢，蹲下来仔细系。

　　等到弟子转身后，又蹲下来将鞋带解松。有个旁观者看到了这一切，不解地问：“大师，您为什么又要将鞋带解松呢？”大师回答道：“因为我饰演的是一位劳累的旅者，长途跋涉让他的鞋事松开，可以通过这个细节表现他的劳累憔悴。”“那你为什么不直接告诉你的弟子呢？”“他能细心地发现我的鞋带松了，并且热心地告诉我，我一定要保护他这种热情的积极性，及时地给他鼓励，至于为什么要将鞋带解开，将来会有更多的机会教他表演，可以下一次再说啊。”人一个时间只能做一件事，懂抓重点，才是真正的人才。

( Four)

Before A master of performance performed , his pupil told him that his shoelace was loosen.The master nodded and thanked him,then squatted down to tie it carefully .

After waiting his pupil turn round,he again squatted down and loosed his shoelace .An looker-on saw all these things and asked the master confusedly:" Master, why not loose shoelace again?" The master answered:" Because the person which I play is tired traveller ,the long and difficult journey make his shoelace loose , his weariness and emaciation can be shown from this detail ."" Why not tell your pupil directly?"" He can discover that my shoelace loose carefully, and tell me enthusiastically, I must protect this kind of enthusiasm from his and encourage him in time, as for why to untie the shoelace, there will be more opportunities to teach him how to perform in the future, i can say to him next time." A person can only do one thing at a time , he is a real talented person if he can understand the focus.

(五)

　　鹦鹉一个人去买鹦鹉，看到一只鹦鹉前标：此鹦鹉会两门语言，售价二百元。另一只鹦鹉前则标道：此鹦鹉会四门语言，售价四百元。该买哪只呢？两只都毛色光鲜，非常灵活可爱。这人转啊转，拿不定主意。结果突然发现一只老掉了牙的鹦鹉，毛色暗淡散乱，标价八百元。这人赶紧将老板叫来：这只鹦鹉是不是会说八门语言？店主说：不。这人奇怪了：那为什么又老又丑，又没有能力，会值这个数呢？店主回答：因为另外两只鹦鹉叫这只鹦鹉老板。

这故事告诉我们，真正的领导人，不一定自己能力有多强，只要懂信任，懂放权，懂珍惜，就能团结比自己更强的力量，从而提升自己的身价。相反许多能非常强的人却因为过于完美主义，事必躬亲，什么人都不如自己，最后只能做最好的攻关人员，销售代表，成不了优秀的领导人。

A person went to buy parrot,he saw a mark which wrote about a parrot :This parrot know two languages ,its price is 200 dollars.Another mark of another parrot:This one know Four languages,its price is 400 dollars.Both of their feathers were bright and colorful,they are also vivid and lovely.The person went around and couldn't make a decision.Finally,he suddenly discovered an old parrot which dropped his teeth and its feathers looks dim and messy,its price is 800 dollars.The man called the boss to come hurriedly and asked:Can this parrot say eight languages?The storekeeper said:No.The person felt strange and asked again:Then, why this old, ugly and incapable parrot can be worth this piece?The storekeeper answered:Because the other two parrots calls him boss.

This story tells us that a true leader may be uncertain how strong his ability is , as long as know the trust,know to transfer power to a lower level and cherish,then he can solidify the power which is stronger than hiself power, thus he promote his own prestige.Contrary, for being over perfect ,many person who have very strong abilities attend to do everything personally, and think whoever is not as good as themselves,Eventually,they can only be the best sales representative,but can't be the best leaders.