狼和鹤

类别：寓言

仙鹤好心帮卡住骨头的狼取出异物，贪婪狡猾的狼却恩将仇报拒绝支付报酬。

时长 48 秒 · 语速 161 wpm

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A wolf was eating his dinner too fast, 一只狼吃晚饭吃得太急，

and a bone got stuck in his throat. 结果一根骨头卡在了嗓子眼里。

He couldn't swallow. 他咽也咽不下去，

He could hardly breathe. 气也快喘不上来了。

He ran around asking everyone for help. 他急得到处跑着找人帮忙。

"Please! “求求你们了！

I'll give a big reward to anyone who gets this out!" 谁要是能帮我弄出来，我一定重重有赏！”

Nobody wanted to go near his teeth. 可谁都不敢靠近他的尖牙利齿。

At last, a crane agreed. 最后，一只仙鹤答应了。

"Open wide," she said. “嘴张大点，”她说。

She put her long neck deep into the wolf's mouth, 她把长长的脖子伸进狼嘴深处，

and pulled out the bone with her beak. 用长喙把那根骨头夹了出来。

"There. “搞定。

Now, about my reward," she said. 现在，该谈谈我的报酬了吧，”她说。

The wolf smiled, showing all his teeth. 狼咧嘴一笑，露出一口尖牙。

"Reward? “报酬？

You put your head inside a wolf's mouth, 你把脑袋伸进了一只狼的嘴里，

and you took it out again in one piece. 还能完好无损地收回去，

That's your reward. 这就是给你的报酬。

Now go, before I change my mind." 赶快走吧，趁我还没改主意。”

Don't expect a thank-you when you help the wrong kind of person. 帮了心术不正的人，就别指望能得到一句谢谢了。