鹿和他的角

类别：寓言

鹿嫌弃细腿却赞美美丽的角，逃命时细腿救了他，引以为傲的角却害了他。

时长 51 秒 · 语速 169 wpm

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A deer was drinking at a clear pool when he noticed his reflection. 一只鹿正在清澈的水潭边喝水，这时他注意到了自己的倒影。

"What beautiful antlers," he said, turning his head from side to side. “多漂亮的鹿角啊，”他晃了晃脑袋赞叹道。

"I look like a king." “我看起来就像个国王一样。”

Then he looked down. 接着，他又往下看了一眼。

"But these legs! “可这几条腿啊！

So thin, so ugly. 又细又难看。

I'm almost ashamed of them." 我都觉得拿不出手。”

At that moment, a hunter stepped out of the trees. 就在这时，一个猎人从树林里走了出来。

The deer ran, 鹿拔腿就跑，

and those thin legs carried him across the open fields, 那几条细腿带着他飞奔过开阔的原野，

faster than any arrow. 跑得比箭还要快。

He was nearly safe. 他就快安全了。

But as he entered the forest, 可一跑进树林，

his antlers got caught in the low branches. 他的鹿角就被低垂的树枝给挂住了。

He pulled and twisted, but he was stuck. 他又拽又扭，可还是被死死卡在原地。

Behind him, the hunter was getting closer. 身后的猎人越逼越近。

"How stupid I've been," he thought. “我真是太蠢了，”他心想。

"I was proud of the thing that trapped me, “我居然为害惨自己的东西感到自豪，

and ashamed of the thing that could have saved me." 却嫌弃那本来能救我命的东西。”

What we admire most in ourselves is not always what serves us best. 我们自己最得意的地方，往往不一定是对我们最有用的。