The Wolf and the Cranea

Wolf, having a bone stuck in his throat, hired a Crane, for a large sum, to put her head into his throat, and draw out the bone. When the Crane had extracted the bone, and demanded the promised payment, the Wolf, grinning and grinding his teeth, exclaimed: "Why, you have surely already a sufficient recompense, in having been permitted to draw out your head in safety from the mouth and jaws of a wolf."

狼和鸛雀
一只狼喉嚨鯁了一根骨頭，便用很多錢去雇請一只鸛雀，將頭伸進他的喉嚨中，把那塊骨頭取出來。當(dāng)鸛雀拔出那塊骨頭，向他索取約定的報酬，狼卻呲牙咧齒地說：「怎么？允許你的頭從一只狼的嘴巴和牙床中安全地伸出來，已經(jīng)是莫大的報酬了?！篂閻喝诵冢灰Ｍ玫綀蟪?；要是能避免傷害，已經(jīng)是萬幸了。
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