闖進場院里的獅子
The Lion in a Farmyard
獅子走進場院。農夫把院門關了，想抓住獅子。獅子在場院里咬死了很多牲畜，農夫只好打開院門放獅子出去。農夫的妻子覺得他既然害怕獅子就不該關門。
A Lion entered a farmyard. The Farmer, wishing to catch him, shut the gate. When the Lion found that he could not escape, he flew upon the sheep and killed them, and then attacked the oxen. The Farmer, beginning to be alarmed for his own safety, opened the gate and released the Lion. On his departure the Farmer grievously lamented the destruction of his sheep and oxen, but his wife , who had been a spectator to all that took place, said,” On my word, you are rightly served, for how could you for a moment think of shutting up a Lion along with you in your farmyard when you know that you shake in your shoes if you only hear his roar at a distance?”
