闯进场院里的狮子
The Lion in a Farmyard
狮子走进场院。农夫把院门关了，想抓住狮子。狮子在场院里咬死了很多牲畜，农夫只好打开院门放狮子出去。农夫的妻子觉得他既然害怕狮子就不该关门。
A Lion entered a farmyard. The Farmer, wishing to catch him, shut the gate. When the Lion found that he could not escape, he flew upon the sheep and killed them, and then attacked the oxen. The Farmer, beginning to be alarmed for his own safety, opened the gate and released the Lion. On his departure the Farmer grievously lamented the destruction of his sheep and oxen, but his wife , who had been a spectator to all that took place, said,” On my word, you are rightly served, for how could you for a moment think of shutting up a Lion along with you in your farmyard when you know that you shake in your shoes if you only hear his roar at a distance?”
