繪本伴讀35：《The Donkey and the Dog 驢和狗》

繪本伴讀的時間到了，今天講的這則寓言的篇幅並不長，但其中蘊含的道理，可能連很多成年人都沒做好。當你發現你與周圍的人不一樣，而他們卻比你過得好的時候，你是會選擇堅持自我，還是隨波逐流？或許，這則講給孩子聽的寓言，卻能給你一個最正確的答案。希望大家能夠喜歡，在放暑假的日子裡，與爸爸媽媽一起看書磨耳朵。

原版寓言圖文簡介

A man had a little dog, and he was very fond of it. He would pat its head, and take it on his knee, and talk to it. Then he would give it little bits of food from his own plate.

一個人有一隻小狗，他很喜歡它。他會拍拍它的頭，把它放在膝蓋上，和它說說話。然後，他還會從自己的盤子里給它一些食物。

A donkey looked in at the window and saw the man and the dog.

驢朝窗戶里望，看到了主人和狗。

"Why does he not make a pet of me?" said the donkey.

「他為什麼不寵愛我呢?」驢說。

"It is not fair. I work hard, and the dog only wags its tail, and barks, and jumps on its master s knee. It is not fair."

「這不公平。我工作努力，狗只會搖尾巴，叫喚，跳躍在主人的膝蓋上。這是不公平的。」

Then the donkey said to himself, "If I do what the dog does, he may make a pet of me."

然後驢對自己說，「如果我做狗做的事，他可能會寵愛我。」

So the donkey ran into the room. It brayed as loudly as it could. It wagged its tail so hard that it knocked over a jar on the table. Then it tried to jump onto its master s knee.

所以驢子跑進房間。它使勁叫喚。它努力搖擺尾巴，以至於打翻了放在桌子上一個罐子。然後，還試圖跳上主人的膝蓋。

The master thought the donkey was mad, and he shouted, "Help! Help!" Men came running in with sticks, and they beat the donkey till it ran out of the house. They drove it back to the field.

主人認為驢子瘋了，他喊道：「救命！救命！「男人們帶著棍子跑了過來，他們打驢直到把它趕出房間。他們把它趕回了田野。

"I only did what the dog does," said the donkey," and yet they make a pet of the dog."

「我只是做了狗做的事，」驢說：「但他們卻寵愛狗。」

But then, a little boy walked by into the field and saw the donkey, and the boy said, "Donkey! You look like you need a friend!" Donkey said, "Oh yes!I would love a friend of my own!"

一個小男孩走過田野，看見了驢。男孩說：「驢！看起來你需要一個朋友！」驢說：「哦，是的！我會很喜愛屬於我的朋友的！」

The donkey and the boy became the best of friends and lived happily ever after.

驢子和男孩成為了最好的朋友，永遠幸福的生活在一起。

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