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森林里的一只猴子不知怎么弄到了一面镜子，到处给他周围的动物们看。熊看了看，说很遗憾自己长了张那么丑的脸。狼说他很乐意有一张雄鹿的脸和美丽的角。每一只动物都感到悲伤，没有长一张其他动物的脸。 后来猴子又把镜子带到猫头鹰那儿，猫头鹰目睹了整个事情的经过。“不，”他说，"我是不照镜子的，因为我肯定，这事跟许多其他的事一样,知道了就会带来痛苦啊!” “你说得太对了！”动物们说。然后，他们就把镜子摔得粉碎，高呼着:"无知是天赐之福!" The Monkey and the Looking-Glass A monkey in a wood somehow got a looking-glass，and went about showing it to the animals around him. The bear looked into it and said he was very sorry he had such an ugly face. The wolf said he would fain have the face of a stag, with its beautiful horns. So every beast felt sad that it had not the face of some other in the wood. The monkey then took it to an owl that had witnessed the whole scene. “No,” said the owl, “I would not look into it, for I am sure, in this case as in many others, knowledge is but a source of pain. “You are quite right,” said the beasts, and broke the glass to pieces, exclaiming, “ Ignorance is bliss! ” |
