The Wolf, the Mother and the Child | 狼、母亲与孩子

English Original

A hungry wolf was prowling about in search of food. Attracted by the cries of a child, he came to a cottage. As he crouched beneath the window, he heard the mother say to the child, "Stop crying! Or I'll throw you to the wolf."

Thinking she meant what she said, the wolf waited there a long time, expecting to satisfy his hunger. In the evening, he heard the mother fondling her child and saying, "If the naughty wolf comes, he shan't get my little one. Daddy will kill him."

The wolf got up in disgust and walked away. "As for the people in that house," he said to himself, "you can't believe a word they say."


中文翻译

一只饥饿的狼正在四处潜行,寻找食物。他被一个孩子的哭声吸引,来到一间农舍。他蹲伏在窗下,听到母亲对孩子说:“别哭了!不然我就把你扔给狼。”

狼以为她是认真的,就在那里等了很长时间,期望能填饱肚子。到了晚上,他听到母亲爱抚着她的孩子说:“如果那只讨厌的狼来了,他休想得到我的小宝贝。爸爸会杀了他的。”

狼厌恶地站起来走开了。“至于那房子里的人,”他自言自语道,“他们说的话一个字都不能信。”

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