The Wolf and the Babe

A Famishing Wolf, passing the door of a cottage¹ in the forest², heard a Mother say to her babe:

“Be quiet, or I will throw you out of the window, and the wolves will get you.”

So he waited all day below³ the window, growing more hungry all the time. But at night the Old Man, having returned⁴ from the village club⁵, threw out both Mother and Child.

1 cottage   

n.村舍，小屋；别墅

参考例句：

• We rented a cottage at the seaside for Christmas. 我们在海边租了一栋别墅度圣诞节。
• I have lived in a farm labourer's cottage.我曾在农舍居住过。

2 forest   

n.森林，园林，林火；vt.用树林覆盖，植树

参考例句：

• A lion is the king of the forest.狮子是丛林之王。
• I like reading in the forest.我喜欢在树林里读书。

3 below   

prep./adv.在……的下面；低于……

参考例句：

• I looked down at the hall below.我瞧了瞧下面的大厅。
• The temperature is below zero.温度在零度以下。

4 returned   

adj.被送回的，归来的v.返回，回来( return的过去式和过去分词 )；恢复；还；归还

参考例句：

• He resigned as Home Secretary and returned to the back benches. 他辞去了内政大臣的职务，回到后座议员席。
• The painting has been returned to its rightful owner . 这幅画已归还给合法所有权人。

5 club   

n社团；俱乐部，夜总会，社；棍棒，（高尔夫球等的）球棒， （扑克牌）梅花；vt.棍打，把...当棍棒用；协作，联合

参考例句：

• He joined the football club.他加入了足球俱乐部。
• He is managing a club for teenagers.他在经营一家青少年俱乐部。