雙語·《伊索寓言》 漁夫和小鯡魚

THE FISHERMAN AND THE SPRAT

A Fisherman cast his net into the sea, and when he drew it up again it contained nothing but a single Sprat that begged to be put back into the water. “I'm only a little fish now,” it said, “but I shall grow big one day, and then if you come and catch me again I shall be of some use to you.” But the Fisherman replied, “Oh, no, I shall keep you now I've got you: if I put you back, should I ever see you again? Not likely!”

漁夫和小鯡魚

有一個漁夫撒網到海里，拉上來的時候，發現網里面只有一條小鯡魚，其余毫無所獲。小鯡魚乞求漁夫把它放回大海：“我現在只不過是條小魚，但有一天我會長大的，等將來你要是再捉住了我，我就能派上些用場了?！钡菨O夫回答：“哦，不，既然已經撈到了你，我還是留著你吧，要是放你回去，誰知道我還能不能再見到你！不太可能了！”