Once a fox invited a stork to dinner. He put nothing on the table except some soup in a very shallow dish.
The fox could easily lap up the soup, but the stork could only wet the end of her long billin it. When she left the meal, she was still very hungry. "I am sorry," said the fox, "the soup is not to your taste."
"Please do not apologize," said the stork. "I hope you will come to my house, and dine with me soon."
A few days later the fox visited the stork. He found that his food was put in a longbottle, and the mouth of the bottle was very narrow. He could not insert his big mouth into it, so he ate nothing. "I will not apologize," said the stork. "One bad turn deservesanother."
狐貍和鶴
一次，狐貍請(qǐng)鶴來(lái)吃飯。他除了淺盤(pán)子中的一點(diǎn)湯以外，什么也沒(méi)有準(zhǔn)備。
狐貍可以輕而易舉地喝到湯，但是鶴只夠蘸濕他長(zhǎng)長(zhǎng)的嘴尖。吃完飯后，鶴仍舊很饑餓?！昂鼙?”狐貍說(shuō),“這湯不合你的口味”。
“別客氣，”鶴說(shuō)，“過(guò)幾天請(qǐng)到我家來(lái)和我一起吃飯吧?！?BR> 幾天后，狐貍應(yīng)邀而至，他發(fā)現(xiàn)食物都裝在一個(gè)長(zhǎng)長(zhǎng)的瓶子里，而瓶口很細(xì)，他無(wú)法將他的大嘴伸進(jìn)去，什么也吃不到?！拔也幌氲狼福@是你應(yīng)得的回報(bào)?！柄Q說(shuō)。
The fox could easily lap up the soup, but the stork could only wet the end of her long billin it. When she left the meal, she was still very hungry. "I am sorry," said the fox, "the soup is not to your taste."
"Please do not apologize," said the stork. "I hope you will come to my house, and dine with me soon."
A few days later the fox visited the stork. He found that his food was put in a longbottle, and the mouth of the bottle was very narrow. He could not insert his big mouth into it, so he ate nothing. "I will not apologize," said the stork. "One bad turn deservesanother."
狐貍和鶴
一次，狐貍請(qǐng)鶴來(lái)吃飯。他除了淺盤(pán)子中的一點(diǎn)湯以外，什么也沒(méi)有準(zhǔn)備。
狐貍可以輕而易舉地喝到湯，但是鶴只夠蘸濕他長(zhǎng)長(zhǎng)的嘴尖。吃完飯后，鶴仍舊很饑餓?！昂鼙?”狐貍說(shuō),“這湯不合你的口味”。
“別客氣，”鶴說(shuō)，“過(guò)幾天請(qǐng)到我家來(lái)和我一起吃飯吧?！?BR> 幾天后，狐貍應(yīng)邀而至，他發(fā)現(xiàn)食物都裝在一個(gè)長(zhǎng)長(zhǎng)的瓶子里，而瓶口很細(xì)，他無(wú)法將他的大嘴伸進(jìn)去，什么也吃不到?！拔也幌氲狼福@是你應(yīng)得的回報(bào)?！柄Q說(shuō)。