伊索寓言：金絲雀與蝙蝠

來源：新東方發(fā)布時間：2013-06-18

The cage bird and the bat

　　A bird was confined in a cage outside a window. She often sang at night when all other birds were asleep.

　　One night a bat came. He asked the bird why she was silent by day and sang only at night.

　　The bird answered, “Last year when I was singing in the daytime, a bird catcher heard my voice and caught me in his net.Since then I have never sung by day.”

　　The bat replied, "But it is useless to do this now that you have become a prisoner." Then he flew away.

金絲雀與蝙蝠

　　●掛在窗口籠里的金絲雀，經(jīng)常在鳥兒睡著的夜里歌唱。

　　●一天晚上，蝙蝠來了，飛過來問她為什么白天安靜無聲，夜里卻要歌唱。

　　●金絲雀回答說：“去年我在白天唱歌時，捕鳥人聽到我的歌聲抓住了我。從此，我再也不在白天唱歌了。”

　　●蝙蝠說：“你現(xiàn)在才懂得謹慎已沒用了，你若在變?yōu)榍敉街�前就懂得，那該多好�?”說完就飛走了。

　　寓意: 我們應(yīng)該在危險發(fā)生之前就提高警覺，因為危險一旦發(fā)生，我們再怎樣小心也沒有用了。

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