双语·《伊索寓言》 熊和旅行者

THE BEAR AND THE TRAVELLERS

Two Travellers were on the road together, when a Bear suddenly appeared on the scene. Before he observed them, one made for a tree at the side of the road, and climbed up into the branches and hid there. The other was not so nimble as his companion; and, as he could not escape, he threw himself on the ground and pretended to be dead. The Bear came up and sniffed all round him, but he kept perfectly still and held his breath: for they say that a bear will not touch a dead body. The Bear took him for a corpse, and went away. When the coast was clear, the Traveller in the tree came down, and asked the other what it was the Bear had whispered to him when he put his mouth to his ear. The other replied, “He told me never again to travel with a friend who deserts you at the first sign of danger.”

Misfortune tests the sincerity of friendship.

熊和旅行者

有两个旅行者一起旅行，这时突然冒出来一只熊。熊还没有注意到他们，其中一个人就爬上了路边的树，钻进树枝里藏了起来。另一个人没有同伴那么敏捷，没有办法逃脱，便躺在地上装死。熊走了过来，在他身边闻来闻去，他一动不动，屏住呼吸，因为他听人说熊不会碰死尸。熊真的把他当成了尸体，于是就走开了。当危险解除后，树上藏着的那个人下来了，问同伴熊把嘴凑到他耳朵边到底跟他说了什么悄悄话。他的同伴回答说：“他告诉我，永远不要和一遇到危险就把你丢下的人一起上路。”

训诫：患难见真情。