英文小寓言《The Horse and the Stag》

A very long time ago horses lived free all over the world. One of these horses used to feed every day in a grassy meadow. No other animal used the meadow and the horse felt that it belonged completely to him.

很久以前，马在世界各地自由的生活。其中有一匹每天都在长满草的牧场上吃草，没有其他动物使用这块草地，马觉得它完全属于他。

Then one day a stag came bounding over the hedge. He trampled carelessly all over the field, leaving deep footmarks and damaging the growing grass. The horse was very angry. He could not think of a way to get back at the stag himself so he asked the man who owned the field to help him.

有一天，一只雄鹿从树篱上跳了过来。他漫不经心在草地上乱踩，留下了深深的脚印，还毁坏了正在生长的草。那匹马非常生气，他自己想不出一个办法来报复雄鹿，所以他请拥有这片土地的人来帮助他。

"Of course I will help you," said the man. "If you just let me put this piece of metal in your mouth and let me sit up there on your back I will get my bow and shoot him for you."

“我当然会帮你的，”那人说，“如果你让我把这块金属嚼子放进你的嘴里，让我坐在你的背上，我会为你开弓射死它。”

The horse agreed and the man mounted on his back. But instead of riding off after the stag as he had promised, the man took the horse into his yard and set him to work. Ever since that time horses have obeyed man and worked as his slaves.

马同意了，那人骑在他背上，那人没有照他所说的去追那鹿，而是把马牵到院子里，让它干活。从那时起，马就服从人，做他的奴隶。

Revenge is dangerous: it may hurt you as well as your enemy.

复仇是危险的：它可能会伤害你，也会伤害你的敌人。