TheRavenandtheSwan烏鴉和天鵝ARAVENsawaSwananddesiredtosecureforhimselfthesamebeautifulplumage.SupposingthattheSwan'ssplendidwhitecolorarosefromhiswashinginthewaterinwhichheswam,theRavenleftthealtarsintheneighborhoodwherehepickeduphisliving,andtookupresidenceinthelakesandpools.Butcleansinghisfeathersasoftenashewould,hecouldnotchangetheircolor,whilethroughwantoffoodheperished.ChangeofhabitcannotalterNature.烏鴉非常羨慕天鵝潔白的羽毛。他猜想天鵝一定是經(jīng)常洗澡，羽毛才變得如此潔白無瑕。于是，他毅然離開了他賴以生存的祭壇，來到江湖邊。他天天洗刷自己的羽毛，不但一點都沒洗白，反而因缺少食物饑餓而死。這故事是說，人的本性不會隨著生活方式的改變而改變。TheGoatandtheGoatherd山羊與牧羊人AGOATHERDhadsoughttobringbackastraygoattohisflock.Hewhistledandsoundedhishorninvain;thestragglerpaidnoattentiontothesummons.AtlasttheGoatherdthrewastone,andbreakingitshorn,beggedtheGoatnottotellhismaster.TheGoatreplied,"Why,yousillyfellow,thehornwillspeakthoughIbesilent."Donotattempttohidethingswhichcannotbehid.很多山羊被牧羊人趕到羊圈里。有一只山羊不知在吃什么好東西，單獨落在后面。牧羊人拿起一塊石頭扔了過去，正巧打斷了山羊的一只角。牧羊人嚇得請求山羊不要告訴主人，山羊說：“即使我不說，又怎能隱瞞下去呢？我的角已斷了，這是十分明顯的事實?！边@故事說明，明顯的罪狀是無法隱瞞的。TheWolfandtheLamb狼與小羊WOLF,meetingwithaLambastrayfromthefold,resolvednottolayviolenthandsonhim,buttofindsomepleatojustifytotheLambtheWolf'srighttoeathim.Hethusaddressedhim:"Sirrah,lastyearyougrosslyinsultedme.""Indeed,"bleatedtheLambinamournfultoneofvoice,"Iwasnotthenborn."ThensaidtheWolf,"Youfeedinmypasture.""No,goodsir,"repliedtheLamb,"Ihavenotyettastedgrass."AgainsaidtheWolf,"Youdrinkofmywell.""No,"exclaimedtheLamb,"Ineveryetdrankwater,forasyetmymother'smilkisbothfoodanddrinktome."UponwhichtheWolfseizedhimandatehimup,saying,"Well!Iwon'tremainsupperless,eventhoughyourefuteeveryoneofmyimputations."Thetyrantwillalwaysfindapretextforhistyranny.一只小羊在河邊喝水，狼見到后，便想找一個名正言順的借口吃掉他。于是他跑到上游，惡狠狠地說小羊把河水?dāng)嚋啙崃?，使他喝不到清水。小羊回答說，他僅僅站在河邊喝水，并且又在下游，根本不可能把上游的水?dāng)嚋?。狼見此計不成，又說道：“我父親去年被你罵過?！毙⊙蛘f，那時他還沒有出生。狼對他說：“不管你怎樣辯解，反正我不會放過你?！边@說明，對惡人做任何正當(dāng)?shù)霓q解也是無效的。TheBatandtheWeasels蝙蝠與黃鼠狼ABATwhofelluponthegroundandwascaughtbyaWeaselpleadedtobesparedhislife.TheWeaselrefused,sayingthathewasbynaturetheenemyofallbirds.TheBatassuredhimthathewasnotabird,butamouse,andthuswassetfree.ShortlyafterwardstheBatagainfelltothegroundandwascaughtbyanotherWeasel,whomhelikewiseentreatednottoeathim.TheWeaselsaidthathehadaspecialhostilitytomice.TheBatassuredhimthathewasnotamouse,butabat,andthusasecondtimeescaped.Itiswisetoturncircumstancestogoodaccount.蝙蝠掉落在地上，被黃鼠狼叼去，他請求饒命。黃鼠狼說絕不會放過他，自己生來痛恨鳥類。蝙蝠說他是老鼠，不是鳥，便被放了。后來蝙蝠又掉落了下來，被另一只黃鼠狼叼住，他再三請求不要吃他。這只黃鼠狼說他恨一切鼠類。蝙蝠改口說自己是鳥類，并非老鼠，又被放了。這樣，蝙蝠兩次改變了自己的名字，終于死里逃生。這故事說明，我們遇事要隨機應(yīng)變方能避免危險。TheHouseof1000Mirrors

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Finallythefoxwentawayandsaid,"Idon'twanttoeatthosegrapes.Theyaregreen.Idon'tthinktheyaregoodtoeat."TheWindAndTheSunOnedaythewindsaidtothesun,“Lookatthatmanwalkingalongtheroad.Icangethiscloakoffmorequicklythanyoucan.”有一天風(fēng)對太陽說:“看看那個沿著路上走的人.我能比你更快地讓他把披風(fēng)脫下來?！薄癢ewillseeaboutthat,”saidthesun.“Iwillletyoutryfirst.”“我們等著瞧吧,”太陽說,“我讓你先試?！盨othewindtriedtomakethemantakeoffhiscloak.Heblewandblew,butthemanonlypulledhiscloakmorecloselyaroundhimself.因此風(fēng)嘗試讓那個人把披風(fēng)脫下來.他用力地吹,可是那個人把披風(fēng)拉得更緊.“Iquit,”saidthewindatlast.“Icannotgethiscloakoff.”Thenthesuntried.Heshoneashardashecould.Themansoonbecamehotandtookoffhiscloak.Soonafterwards，hewassohotthathetookoffallhisclothesandjumpedintotheriverimmediately.“我放棄了,”風(fēng)最后說,“我無法讓他把披風(fēng)脫下來.”然后由太陽試試看.他盡可能地曬他.不久,那個人很熱就把披風(fēng)脫下來了。不久,他實在是太熱了，以至于他立即脫光了衣服，跳進了河里。Onehotsummerdayafoxwaswalkingthroughanorchard.Hestoppedbeforeabunchofgrapes.Theywereripeandjuicy."I'mjustfeelingthirsty,"hethought.Sohebackedupafewpaces,gotarunningstart,jumpedup,butcouldnotreachthegrapes.Hewalkedback.One,two,three,hejumpedupagain,butstill,hemissedthegrapes.Thefoxtriedagainandagain,butneversucceeded.Atlasthedecidedtogiveitup.Hewalkedaway