The Flying Squirrel's Five Skills | 鼯鼠的五种本领

English Original

In the field, there lived a small animal called the flying squirrel.

It would boast to everyone it met: "I have mastered five skills: flying, walking, swimming, climbing trees, and digging holes in the ground."

Its friends, however, would laugh at it, saying: "You have learned these skills, but mastered none. You can fly, but not high; you can swim, but not far; you can climb trees, but not to the treetop; you can dig holes, but not deep enough."

Hearing this, the flying squirrel ran away in anger.

Indeed, the flying squirrel had learned five skills, but when put to use, none were effective. How could these be called true mastery?


中文翻译

田野里有一种小动物,名叫鼯鼠。

它逢人便夸耀说:“我掌握了五种本领:会飞、会走、会游泳、会爬树,还会掘土打洞。”

然而,它的朋友们却嘲笑它说:“你虽然学了这些本领,却没有一样精通。会飞,却飞不高;会游泳,却游不远;会爬树,却爬不到树顶;会掘土打洞,却打得不深。”

鼯鼠听了朋友们的话,气呼呼地跑开了。

是啊,鼯鼠是学了五种本领,但用起来却没有一样管用。这怎么能算是真正的精通呢?

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