蝙蝠和鼠狼的寓言小故事中英文

　　The Bat and the Weaselsa

　　Bat falling upon the ground was caught by a Weasel, ofwhom he earnestly besought his life. The Weasel refused,saying, that he was by nature the enemy of all birds. TheBat assured him that he was not a bird, but a mouse, andthus saved his life.

　　Shortly afterwards the Bat again fellon the ground, and was carght by another Weasel, whom helikewise entreated not to eat him. The Weasel said that hehad a special hostility to mice. The Bat assured him thathe was not a mouse, but a bat; and thus a second timeescaped.It is wise to turn circumstances to good account.

　　蝙蝠和鼠狼

　　一隻蝙蝠墜落到地面上來，被一隻鼠狼捉住了，蝙蝠哀求討饒。鼠狼不答應，說它自己最愛和鳥類為敵。蝙蝠便證明它自己不是鳥，只是一隻老鼠，因此鼠狼就放了它。

　　不久這隻蝙蝠又墜落到地上來，被另一隻鼠狼捉住，它同樣地哀求討饒。那鼠狼說它自己最恨老鼠，蝙蝠證明自己並不是老鼠，而是一隻蝙蝠；因此，它第二次又安然地逃離危險了。隨機應變乃聰明之舉。