177. The Mule A Mule frolicsome from want of work and from overmu ch corn, galloped about in a very extravagant manner, and said to himself: "My father surely was a high-mettled racer, and I am his own child in speed and spirit." On the next day, being driven a long journey, and feeling very wearied, he exclaimed in a disconsolate tone: "I must have made a mistake; my father, after all, could have been only an ass." | 177. 骡子 一只骡子吃饱了,无所事事,便快乐的玩耍,肆无忌惮地乱跳,自言自语说:「我的父亲一定是个很雄壮的骏马,而我不论在速度上和精神上真是将门之后。」 第二天,它走了一段遥远的路,觉得很疲困,颓丧地喊道:「我一定弄错了,我的父亲,终究只是一只骡子。」 |