Once
a fox invited a stork to dinner. He put nothing on the table except some
soup in a very shallow dish.
The fox could easily lap up the soup, but the stork could only wet the end
of her long bill in it.
When she left the meal, she was still very hungry. "I am sorry," said the
fox, "the soup is not to your taste."
"Please do not apologize," said the stork. "I hope you will come to my house,
and dine with me soon."
A few days later the fox visited the stork. He found that his food was put
in a long bottle, and the mouth of the bottle was very narrow.
He could not insert his big mouth into it, so he ate nothing. "I will not
apologize," said the stork. "One bad turn deserves another."
yī
一cì
次
，hú
狐lí
狸qǐng
请guàn
鹳lái
来chī
吃fàn
饭
。tā
他chú
除le
了jiān
浅pán
盘zǐ
子zhōng
中de
的yī
一diǎn
点shāng
汤yǐ
以wài
外
，shén
什ma
么yě
也méi
没yǒu
有zhǔn
准bèi
备
。
hú
狐lí
狸kě
可yǐ
以qīng
轻ér
而yì
易jǔ
举de
地hē
喝dào
到shāng
汤
，dàn
但shì
是guàn
鹳zhī
只gòu
够zhàn
蘸shī
湿tā
他cháng
长cháng
长de
的zuǐ
嘴jiān
尖
。chī
吃wán
完fàn
饭hòu
后
，guàn
鹳réng
仍jiù
旧hěn
很jī
饥è
饿
。
“hěn
很bào
抱qiàn
歉
,
”hú
狐lí
狸shuì
说
,
“zhè
这shāng
汤bú
不gě
合nǐ
你de
的kǒu
口wèi
味
”
。
“bié
别kè
客qì
气
，
”guàn
鹳shuì
说
，
“guō
过jī
几tiān
天qǐng
请dào
到wǒ
我jiā
家lái
来hé
和wǒ
我yī
一qǐ
起chī
吃fàn
饭bā
吧
。
”
jī
几tiān
天hòu
后
，hú
狐lí
狸yīng
应yāo
邀ér
而zhì
至
，tā
他fā
发xiàn
现shí
食wù
物dōu
都zhuāng
装zài
在yī
一gě
个cháng
长cháng
长de
的píng
瓶zǐ
子lǐ
里
，ér
而píng
瓶kǒu
口hěn
很xì
细
，tā
他mó
无fǎ
法jiāng
将tā
他de
的dà
大zuǐ
嘴shēn
伸jìn
进qù
去
，shén
什ma
么yě
也chī
吃bú
不dào
到
。
“wǒ
我bú
不xiǎng
想dào
道qiàn
歉
，zhè
这shì
是nǐ
你yīng
应dé
得de
的huí
回bào
报
。
”guàn
鹳shuì
说
。
yù
寓yì
意
:
rú
如guǒ
果wǒ
我men
们gù
故yì
意qù
去shāng
伤hài
害bié
别rén
人
，zuì
最zhōng
终zhī
只huì
会hài
害le
了zì
自jǐ
己
。
