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有一天，跳蚤问牛：“你这般高大强壮而且勇敢，为什么还终日去为人们耕作？而我这只区区的小虫,却能毫无顾忌地去叮咬人，大口地吸他们的鲜血！” 牛回答说:“我一定要报答人类的恩德，因为他们都喜欢我，经常替我擦洗身体，并抚摸我的额角，我从他们那里得到了爱。” 跳蚤说:“你喜欢的这些方式,我都受不了。人们一旦抓住我，用对待你的方法对待我,将会要我的命。” The Flea and the Ox A flea thus questioned an ox，“ What ails you, that being so huge and strong, you submit to the wrongs you receive from men and slave for them day by day, while ^being so small a creature，mercilessly feed on their flesh and drink their blood without stint?” The ox replied, “ I do not wish to be ungrateful，for I am loved and well cared for by men, and they often pat my head and shoulders. ” “Woe’s me!"said the flea,This very patting which you like, whenever it happens to me，brings with it my inevitable destruction. ’， |
