THE GOOSE AND THE GOLDEN EGG THE GOOSE AND THE GOLDEN EGG

 

Two Bulls were fighting furiously in a field, at one side of which was a marsh¹. An old Frog living in the marsh, trembled as he watched the fierce battle.

 

"What are you afraid of?" asked a young Frog.

 

"Do you not see," replied the old Frog, "that the Bull who is beaten, will be driven away from the good forage² up there to the reeds of this marsh, and we shall all be trampled³ into the mud?"

 

It turned out as the Frog had said. The beaten Bull was driven to the marsh, where his great hoofs⁴ crushed the Frogs to death.

 

When the great fall out, the weak must suffer for it.

 

1 marsh   

n.沼泽，湿地

参考例句：

• There are a lot of frogs in the marsh.沼泽里有许多青蛙。
• I made my way slowly out of the marsh.我缓慢地走出这片沼泽地。

2 forage   

n.(牛马的)饲料，粮草；v.搜寻，翻寻

参考例句：

• They were forced to forage for clothing and fuel.他们不得不去寻找衣服和燃料。
• Now the nutritive value of the forage is reduced.此时牧草的营养价值也下降了。

3 trampled   

踩( trample的过去式和过去分词 )； 践踏； 无视； 侵犯

参考例句：

• He gripped his brother's arm lest he be trampled by the mob. 他紧抓着他兄弟的胳膊，怕他让暴民踩着。
• People were trampled underfoot in the rush for the exit. 有人在拼命涌向出口时被踩在脚下。

4 hoofs   

n.（兽的）蹄，马蹄( hoof的名词复数 )v.（兽的）蹄，马蹄( hoof的第三人称单数 )

参考例句：

• The stamp of the horse's hoofs on the wooden floor was loud. 马蹄踏在木头地板上的声音很响。 来自辞典例句
• The noise of hoofs called him back to the other window. 马蹄声把他又唤回那扇窗子口。 来自辞典例句