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第7章 The Boy Hunting Locusts 捕蝗虫的小男孩
A BOY was hunting for locusts. He had caught a goodly number, when he saw a Scorpion, and mistaking him for a locust, reached out his hand to take him. The Scorpion, showing his sting, said: "If you had but touched me, my friend, you would have lost me, and all your locusts too!"
一个男孩在城墙外面抓到了很多蝗虫。忽然他看到一只蝎子,错误地以为他也是蝗虫,于是弓起双手,想要把他困住。不料,蝎子伸出毒钩,得意扬扬地说道:“你尽管来试试看,如果你敢这样做,我就叫你马上失掉你抓到的全部蝗虫。”
谨慎很重要。