who might heal him. A friend, meeting him and learning what he

wanted, said, "If you would be cured, take a piece of bread, and



dip it in the blood from your wound, and go and give it to the

Dog that bit you." The Man who had been bitten laughed at this



advice and said, "Why? If I should do so, it would be as if I

should beg every Dog in the town to bite me."



Benefits bestowed upon the evil-disposed increase their means of

injuring you.



The Two Pots

A RIVER carried down in its stream two Pots, one made of



earthenware and the other of brass. The Earthen Pot said to the

Brass Pot, "Pray keep at a distance and do not come near me, for



if you touch me ever so slightly, I shall be broken in pieces,

and besides, I by no means wish to come near you."



Equals make the best friends.

The Wolf and the Sheep



A WOLF, sorely wounded and bitten by dogs, lay sick and maimed in

his lair. Being in want of food, he called to a Sheep who was



passing, and asked him to fetch some water from a stream flowing

close beside him. "For," he said, "if you will bring me drink, I



will find means to provide myself with meat." "Yes," said the

Sheep, "if I should bring you the draught, you would doubtless



make me provide the meat also."

Hypocritical speeches are easily seen through.



The Aethiop

THE PURCHASER of a black servant was persuaded that the color of



his skin arose from dirt contracted through the neglect of his

former masters. On bringing him home he resorted to every means



of cleaning, and subjected the man to incessant scrubbings. The

servant caught a severe cold, but he never changed his color or



complexion.

What's bred in the bone will stick to the flesh.



The Fisherman and His Nets

A FISHERMAN, engaged in his calling, made a very successful cast



and captured a great haul of fish. He managed by a skillful

handling of his net to retain all the large fish and to draw them



to the shore; but he could not prevent the smaller fish from

falling back through the meshes of the net into the sea.



The Huntsman and the Fisherman

A HUNTSMAN, returning with his dogs from the field, fell in by



chance with a Fisherman who was bringing home a basket well laden

with fish. The Huntsman wished to have the fish, and their owner



experienced an equal longing for the contents of the game-bag.

They quickly agreed to exchange the produce of their day's sport.



Each was so well pleased with his bargain that they made for some

time the same exchange day after day. Finally a neighbor said to



them, "If you go on in this way, you will soon destroy by

frequent use the pleasure of your exchange, and each will again



wish to retain the fruits of his own sport."

Abstain and enjoy.



The Old Woman and the Wine-Jar

AN OLD WOMAN found an empty jar which had lately been full of



prime old wine and which still retained the fragrant smell of its

former contents. She greedily placed it several times to her



nose, and drawing it backwards and forwards said, "O most

delicious! How nice must the Wine itself have been, when it



leaves behind in the very vessel which contained it so sweet a

perfume!"



The memory of a good deed lives.

The Fox and the Crow



A CROW having stolen a bit of meat, perched in a tree and held it

in her beak. A Fox, seeing this, longed to possess the meat



himself, and by a wily stratagem succeeded. "How handsome is the

Crow," he exclaimed, in the beauty of her shape and in the



fairness of her complexion! Oh, if her voice were only equal to

her beauty, she would deservedly be considered the Queen of



Birds!" This he said deceitfully; but the Crow, anxious to refute

the reflection cast upon her voice, set up a loud caw and dropped



the flesh. The Fox quickly picked it up, and thus addressed the

Crow: "My good Crow, your voice is right enough, but your wit is



wanting."

The Two Dogs



A MAN had two dogs: a Hound, trained to assist him in his sports,

and a Housedog, taught to watch the house. When he returned home

• standing [´stændiŋ] n.持续 a.直立的 (初中英语单词)


• advantage [əd´vɑ:ntidʒ] n.优势；利益 (初中英语单词)


• shepherd [´ʃepəd] n.牧羊人 vt.带领 (初中英语单词)


• portion [´pɔ:ʃən] n.嫁妆；命运 vt.分配 (初中英语单词)


• extraordinary [ik´strɔ:dinəri] a.非常的；额外的 (初中英语单词)


• unhappy [ʌn´hæpi] a.不幸的；不快乐的 (初中英语单词)


• shortly [´ʃɔ:tli] ad.立刻，马上；不久 (初中英语单词)


• harvest [´hɑ:vist] n.&v.收获；收割 (初中英语单词)


• presently [´prezəntli] ad.不久；目前 (初中英语单词)


• swallow [swɔləu] n.燕子 v.吞，咽；淹没 (初中英语单词)


• abroad [ə´brɔ:d] ad.海外；到处；广泛 (初中英语单词)


• advanced [əd´vɑ:nst] a.先进的；高级的 (初中英语单词)


• beaten [´bi:tn] beat 的过去分词 (初中英语单词)


• poverty [´pɔvəti] n.贫穷(乏，瘠)；不足 (初中英语单词)


• riches [´ritʃiz] n.房地产；丰富 (初中英语单词)


• intimate [´intimit] a.亲密的 n.知己 (初中英语单词)


• acquaintance [ə´kweintəns] n.相识；熟人，相识的人 (初中英语单词)


• intent [in´tent] a.专心致志的 n.意图 (初中英语单词)


• mischief [´mistʃif] n.伤害；故障；调皮 (初中英语单词)


• meadow [´medəu] n.草地；牧场 (初中英语单词)


• learning [´lə:niŋ] n.学习；学问；知识 (初中英语单词)


• stream [stri:m] n.河 vi.流出；飘扬 (初中英语单词)


• slightly [´slaitli] ad.轻微地；细长的 (初中英语单词)


• neglect [ni´glekt] vt.&n.疏忽；忽视；忽略 (初中英语单词)


• severe [si´viə] a.严厉的；苛刻的 (初中英语单词)


• fisherman [´fiʃəmən] n.渔民，渔夫，打鱼人 (初中英语单词)


• retain [ri´tein] vt.保持；保留；留住 (初中英语单词)


• contents [´kɔ:ntents] n.容纳物；要旨 (初中英语单词)


• bargain [´bɑ:gin] n.买卖合同 v.议(价) (初中英语单词)


• lately [´leitli] ad.近来，不久前 (初中英语单词)


• greedily [´gri:dili] ad.贪婪地 (初中英语单词)


• vessel [´vesəl] n.容器；船；脉管 (初中英语单词)


• stolen [´stəulən] steal 的过去分词 (初中英语单词)


• anxious [´æŋkʃəs] a.担忧的；渴望的 (初中英语单词)


• reflection [ri´flekʃən] n.反射；映象；想法 (初中英语单词)


• assist [ə´sist] v.协助；援助；搀扶 (初中英语单词)


• saying [´seiŋ, ´sei-iŋ] n.言语；言论；格言 (高中英语单词)


• prescribe [pri´skraib] v.指示；处(方)；嘱咐 (高中英语单词)


• successfully [sək´sesfəli] ad.成功地 (高中英语单词)


• imitate [´imiteit] vt.模仿；伪造 (高中英语单词)


• gardener [´gɑ:dnə] n.园艺家；园林工人 (高中英语单词)


• serpent [´sə:pənt] n.大毒蛇；阴险的人 (高中英语单词)


• finding [´faindiŋ] n.发现物；判断；结果 (高中英语单词)


• execution [,eksi´kju:ʃən] n.执行；演奏；表演 (高中英语单词)


• violently [´vaiələntli] ad.强暴地；猛烈地 (高中英语单词)


• tightly [´taitli] ad.紧，紧密地 (高中英语单词)


• draught [drɑ:ft] n.通风，通气；吸出 (高中英语单词)


• longing [´lɔŋiŋ] n.&a.渴望(的) (高中英语单词)


• fragrant [´freigrənt] a.芳香的，芬芳的 (高中英语单词)


• seeing [si:iŋ] see的现在分词 n.视觉 (高中英语单词)


• lookout [´lukaut] n.警戒；景色；前途 (英语四级单词)


• bedside [´bedsaid] n.床边 a.护理的 (英语四级单词)


• heifer [´hefə] n.小母牛 (英语四级单词)


• whereupon [,weərə´pɔn] ad.在什么上面；因此 (英语四级单词)


• unnatural [,ʌn´nætʃərəl] a.不自然的 (英语四级单词)


• besought [bi´sɔ:t] beseech过去式(分词) (英语四级单词)


• hurriedly [´hʌridli] ad.仓促地，忙乱地 (英语四级单词)


• unlucky [ʌn´lʌki] a.倒霉的，不幸的 (英语四级单词)


• bitten [´bitn] bite的过去分词 (英语四级单词)


• huntsman [´hʌntsmən] n.猎人；管理猎犬的人 (英语四级单词)


• drawing [´drɔ:iŋ] n.画图；制图；图样 (英语四级单词)


• reproof [ri´pru:f] n.谴责；责备 (英语六级单词)


• beating [´bi:tiŋ] n.敲；搅打；失败 (英语六级单词)


• whereon [weər´ɔn] ad.在什么上面；因此 (英语六级单词)


• disgraceful [dis´greisful] a.可耻的；不光彩的 (英语六级单词)


• wayside [´weisaid] n.&a.路边(的) (英语六级单词)


• bramble [´bræmbəl] n.荆棘 (英语六级单词)


• amazingly [ə´meiziŋli] ad.惊人地；惊奇地 (英语六级单词)


• earthen [´ə:θən, -ðən] a.泥土做的；大地的 (英语六级单词)


• sorely [´sɔ:li] ad.痛苦地；剧烈地 (英语六级单词)


• purchaser [´pə:tʃəsə] n.买主；采购人 (英语六级单词)


• contracted [kən´træktid] a.收缩了的；缩略的 (英语六级单词)


• incessant [in´sesənt] a.不断的，不停的 (英语六级单词)


• calling [´kɔ:liŋ] n.点名；职业；欲望 (英语六级单词)


• backwards [´bækwədz] ad.向后 a.向后的 (英语六级单词)


• stratagem [´strætədʒəm] n.战略，策略，谋略 (英语六级单词)