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有一回，狼在村外的路上碰见了驴。狼说：“我要把你吃掉。” “当然可以，”驴灵机一动，回答说，“但请不要在这条路上吃我，人人都会看见的，我会感到很难为情。把我带到森林里去吧。别担心我逃跑。喏，把这根绳子一头绕在你脖子上，一头拴在我的缰绳上，然后把你带到一个我熟悉的僻静的地方去。” 狼认为这是个好主意，于是把绳子的一头绕在脖子上，把另一头牢牢系在驴缰绳上。 驴说：“现在你说去哪，我就到哪。” “带我到你说的那个僻静的地方去。”狼吩咐道。 “好的。”驴说着，就朝村子的方向走去。当他们走到村头的几所房子附近时，狼怀疑自己上当了。 “这不是到森林的路，”他一边说，一边使劲拉绳子，“这是通往村子的路。” “别着急，”驴高兴地说，“这是一条近路。” 驴加快了步子，后来狂奔起来。套在狼脖子上的绳子抽得更紧了。不一会儿，驴就把狼拉到了自己家门口。 驴的主人、主人的妻子和三个儿子都跑出来救驴。他们非常生气，要立即把狼打死。不过，狼很幸运，主人的一个儿子挥刀朝狼砍去，这一刀不但没砍着狼，反而把套在狼脖子上的绳子砍断了。转眼之间，他们看到路上尘土飞扬，狼安全逃回黑暗的树林里去了。 The Wolf and the Donkey A wolf once met a donkey on the road outside the village. “I’m going to eat you up,”said the wolf. “Certainly,”replied the donkey，thinking fast. “But pleavse don’t eat me out here on the road where everyone can see. I shall be so ashamed. Take me into the forest. Don’t be afraid that I shall try to escape. Here，tie this rope round your neck and fasten it to my bridle. Then I will lead you to a quiet spot I know. ” The wolf thought this was a good idea so he fastened the rope round his neck and knotted it firmly to the donkey’s bridle. “Now I will go wherever you say，”said the donkey. Show me the way to your quiet spot,”ordered the wolf. “ Very well,” said the donkey，setting off down the road towards the village. As they came to the first houses，the wolf began to suspect that he had been tricked. “This is not the way to the forest,” he said，tugging at his end of the rope. “This road goes to the village. ” “Don’t worry,”said the donkey cheerfully, “This is a short cut. ” The donkey began to trot faster, then to gallop. The rope round the wolf s neck drew tight ； in a very short time he was dragged right up to the donkey’s door. The master, his wife and their three sons all came running out to rescue the donkey. They were so angry that they would have killed the wolf there and then. Fortunately for the wolf，however, one of the sons threw a knife at him. The knife missed, but it cut the rope round his neck. The next moment all the family could see there was a cloud of dust in the road as the wolf fled to safety in the dark forest. |
