Aesop's Fables (Chinese and English) classic short story

Wolf and old woman

A hungry wolf looks around for food. When he came to a farmhouse, he suddenly heard the cries of children. An old woman frightened the child and said, "Don't cry, or I'll throw you out and feed the wolves." The wolf heard this, believed it to be true, and stood outside the door and waited. As it grew dark, he heard the old woman tease the child and say, "Good baby, if a wolf comes, I will kill him." After hearing this, the wolf ran and said, "What this old woman said is one set, and what she does is another." ”

Moral: Satirize those who are inconsistent in words and deeds, and who are inconsistent in appearance.

A hungry wolf looked around for food. When he came to a farmhouse, he suddenly heard the cry of a child. An old woman frightened the child and said, "stop crying, or I'll throw you out to the wolf right away." the wolf heard it, believed it, and stood outside the door waiting. It was getting dark. He heard the old woman tease the child and say, "good baby, if a wolf comes, I'll kill him." after hearing this, the wolf ran and said, "what the old woman said is one set and what she did is another set."

Moral: satirize those who differ in words and deeds.

Wolves and dragonflies

The wolf swallowed a bone by mistake, and was very uncomfortable, running around in search of a doctor. He met the heron, and asked him to take out the bone at the reward, and the heron stuck his head into the wolf's throat, took out the bone, and asked the wolf for the reward. The wolf replied, "Hey, friend, you can retract your head safely from the wolf's mouth, aren't you satisfied, why do you have to talk about reward?" ”

Moral: The reward for doing good to bad people is to recognize the essence of bad people who do not pay attention to credit.

The wolf swallowed a bone by mistake, was very upset, and ran around, looking for a doctor. He met the dragonfly, negotiated a reward to ask him to take out the bone, the dragonfly put his head into the wolf's throat, took out the bone, and then to the wolf to set a good reward. The wolf replied, "Hey, my friend, you can take your head back safely from the wolf's mouth, isn't it satisfied, how to talk about pay?"

The moral: the reward for good deeds to the bad guys is to know the nature of the bad guys not to speak of credit.