The Idle Crow | 无所事事的乌鸦

English Original

A crow sat idly on a tree branch all day. A small rabbit saw him and asked, "May I sit like you and do nothing all day long?"

The crow replied, "Certainly, why not?"

So the rabbit settled on the ground beneath the crow and rested. Suddenly, a fox appeared, pounced on the rabbit, and devoured it.

Moral: To sit and do nothing, you must be sitting very, very high up.


中文翻译

一只乌鸦整天无所事事地坐在树枝上。一只小兔子看见了,问道:“我能像你一样坐着,整天什么都不做吗?”

乌鸦回答说:“当然可以,为什么不呢?”

于是,兔子在乌鸦下方的地上安顿下来休息。突然,一只狐狸出现,扑向兔子,把它吃掉了。

寓意: 想要无所事事地坐着,你必须坐得非常高才行。

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