双语·《伊索寓言》 男孩和荨麻

THE BOY AND THE NETTLES

A Boy was gathering berries from a hedge when his hand was stung by a Nettle. Smarting with the pain, he ran to tell his mother, and said to her between his sobs, “I only touched it ever so lightly, mother.” “That's just why you got stung, my son,” she said, “if you had grasped it firmly, it wouldn't have hurt you in the least.”

男孩和荨麻

一个男孩在树篱中采野莓，他的手被一丛荨麻刺到了。他忍着伤痛，跑回家抽抽搭搭地告诉妈妈：“我不过是轻轻碰了它一下而已，妈妈。”“所以你才会被刺到，儿子，”她说，“如果你牢牢抓住，它就不会伤到你了。”