独眼鹿

类别：寓言

一只独眼鹿自以为靠海吃草万无一失，却没料到危险最终从毫无防备的大海袭来。

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A deer had lost one of her eyes, 有一只鹿瞎了一只眼，

so she couldn't see anyone coming from that side. 所以根本看不见从那一侧过来的动静。

To stay safe, she found a clever solution. 为了保命，她想出了一个聪明的办法。

She always ate on a high cliff beside the sea. 她每次吃草，都选在海边的一座高高的悬崖上。

She kept her good eye turned toward the land, 她把没瞎的那只眼睛朝向陆地，

where the hunters and dogs came from. 因为猎人和猎狗都是从那边过来的。

Her blind side faced the water. 瞎了的那一侧则对着大海。

After all, what danger could ever come from the sea? 毕竟，大海那边能有什么危险呢？

For a long time, the plan worked perfectly. 很长一段时间里，这招都非常管用。

Then one day, 可有一天，

some hunters heard about the one-eyed deer on the cliff. 几个猎人听说了悬崖上有只独眼鹿。

They didn't come through the forest. 他们没有穿过森林，

They borrowed a boat, sailed quietly under the cliff, 而是借了条船，悄悄划到了悬崖底下，

and shot her from the water. 从水面上射中了她。

As she fell, she thought, "I watched the land so carefully. 倒下的时候，她心想：“我把陆地防得那么严，

And all the time, the danger was on the side I trusted." 可危险偏偏一直藏在我最放心的这一边。”

Trouble often comes from the direction we never think to check. 麻烦往往就来自我们压根儿没想过要防备的方向。