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一天早晨，一只绵羊正在河岸边喝水，碰巧来了一只饥饿的狼。狼看见绵羊，不禁口水直流。狼心里想：“如果我现在就捉他，别的动物会认为我欺负弱小。不行，得找个理由吃他，当作是他应得的报应。” 狼对绵羊喊道：“你好大胆啊！把河水弄脏了，叫我如何喝这些水呢？ ” 绵羊被狼的叫声吓得发抖，他回答说：“狼大哥，你在上游喝，我在下游喝，我怎可能弄脏你喝的水呢？ ” 狼见计不得逞，生气道：“听说去年你对别的动物说我的坏话呢！今天我要好好惩罚你。” “那不对，去年我还未出世昵。”绵羊说。 狼恶狠狠地说：“那一定是你哥哥说过。” “但我是独生子啊！”绵羊辩解道。 “住口！”狼露出了凶相，说，“不管你说什么，我还是要吃了你。既然我想吃你，难道还需要理由吗？ ”说完，狼扑上去，把这只无辜的小绵羊捉去当早餐了。 故事哲理： 对于那些存心作恶的人，任何正当的辩解都不起作用。 The Wolf That Looked for an Excuse One day a lamb was drinking water at a river bank. A wolf suddenly appeared. When he saw the lamb, the wolfs mouth began to water. “If I catch the lamb, the other animals will think that I am cruel to the weak animals，thought the wolf. “I must find a good excuse to eat the lamb. Then the other animals will understand why I had to eat the lamb.” So the wolf shouted to the lamb, “Why are you dirtying the river water? How can I drink water that is dirty?” The lamb shivered in fear when she heard the wolf shouting. She said to the wolf, “I am drinking the water from the lower part of the river. You are drinking from the upper part. How can I then dirty the river water?” The wolf knew that his excuse had not worked. He became angry and shouted again, “I heard last year that you spoke badly about me to the other animals. Now I want to teach you a lesson.” ‘That is not true，，，said the lamb. “I wasn’t even born last year” The wolf became angrier and said, “If it wasn’t you, it must have been your brother.” “But I am the only child in my family!” said the lamb. “Keep quiet!” shouted the wolf. “I don’t care about what you say. I want to eat you, and I don，t need to give any more excuses!” The wolf then pounced on the lamb and killed her straight away. Wicked people always look for excuses to do wicked things. |
