披着狮皮的驴The ass in the lions skin
The ass in the lion's skin

An ass once found a lion's skin. He put it on, and walked towards the village.

All fled when he came near,both men and animals.

The ass felt quite proud. He lifted his voice and brayed, but then everyone knew him.

His owner came up and gave him a sound whipping.

Shortly afterwards,a fox came up to him and said, Ah, I knew it was you by your voice.

披着狮皮的驴

有头驴发现一张狮子皮，他披着狮子皮走进村庄。

所有的人和动物见到他走过来都逃走了。

驴感到很得意，他高声地嘶叫，却被人认了出来。他的主人跑过来打了他一顿。

不久，一只狐狸也跑过来，对他说：“哦，你一张嘴我就知道你是驴。”

寓意 外表虽然可以暂时掩盖一个人的缺点，但它很容易被揭穿。

狗和影子(The Dog and the Shadow)
It happened that a Dog had got a piece of meat and was carrying it home in his mouth to eat it in peace. Now, on his way home he had to cross a plank lying across a running brook. As he crossed, he looked down and saw his own shadow reflected in the water beneath. Thinking it was another dog with another piece of meat, he made up his mind to have that also. So he made a snap at the shadow in the water, but as he opened his mouth the piece of meat fell out, dropped into the water and was never seen more.

一只狗嘴里衔着一块肉，走过一条河上面的桥，看见他自己在水里的影子，以为是另一只狗，那时狗衔着的肉，比他自己的还要大一倍。因此他仍掉自己的那一块，狠狠地扑向那只狗，想夺到那一块较大的肉。结果两头都落了空，因为他想要抓取在水中的那一块，只不过是一个影子，而原来的那一块，也被水冲走了。

Beware lest you lose the substance by grasping at the shadow.

谨记，切莫因追逐幻影而丢失已有的东西。

seasons in the sun的故事

seasons in the sun是westlife一首很著名的歌，
三个人，我们姑且称他们为A、B、C。在50年代的法国乡村，他们是同一所高中的同
学。A和C是从小一起长大的、最要好的朋友，B是漂亮的女孩。通常在这种故事里，
我们很容易想象发生了什么事情，A和C同时爱上了B。
A是那种很阳光、很乐观、很拉 风的男孩，是学校的运动明星，是很多情窦初开的少女仰慕的对象。生活对于A来说 充满的只是快乐和单纯。而C害羞、内敛，画得一手好画。早在A和B相爱之前，C已经
默默的爱了B很久，但是没有人知道。这份爱被藏在心底，直到毕业后A参军、C成为 一名木匠，直到战后A返回家乡和B结婚，直到婚后A找到工作当上一名货车司机……
A经常离家工作很长时间，B打理着外婆留下的乡村杂货店，有太多的事情需要男人的
帮忙，C就这样担负起了照顾年轻的母女的责任。天长日久，大家都想象得到的事情
就那样发生了。A乐观的天性加上对妻子的爱、对挚友的信任使他对此茫然无知。直
到一个大雪封路的冬天，A在出车的半夜折返家中，发现了一切……面对骤然被生命
中最重要的两个人出卖这个难以接受的事实，A失去控制杀死了他们。当天深夜，A向
警察局自首，两个月后被判一级谋杀罪名成立，于第二年初春执行死刑。在死刑执行
前的第三天，A在狱中写了三段话，分别写给他最好的朋友C、他的父亲和他四岁的女
儿。在即将离开人世的时刻，他仍然将C看作最好的、生命中最值得信赖的朋友。
这个A，叫做Jacques Brel。他写下的这段话最初的名字叫Le Moribund，直译的意
思是the dying man。Rod McKuen将之翻译成英语，并套上一首法语歌的旋律，这
就是最初的seasons in the sun。十年后，Terry Jacks无意中听到了这首歌，经
过他的演绎，歌曲从此红遍全球，被很多很多人翻唱，其中最著名的就是westlife。
只要稍稍想到那个三天后就要离去的人是以怎样的心情在怀念活着的幸福、告别自己年迈的父亲和四岁的女儿，只要稍稍想到他的父亲和女儿在看到这些话 时心中剧烈的激荡……我无言。Jacques Brel用美好的笔调歌颂生命的多彩和绚烂，却让聆听的人更加忍不住潸然泪下。对比Terry和westlife的版本，显然westlife的音乐制作 要好很多，但从表现一个真正面临死亡的人的心境来说，我喜欢Terry，也更能理解为什么歌中反复强调：It's hard to die.

A and B were best friends when they were young boys ,they were born in the same neighbourhood ,played together ,studied in the same school.Their relation was so intimate,but there was too many differences in their characters.A was a sunny and charming boy ,be good at sports,then a lot of girls came to him .Otherwise ,B always
keep silence ,he was sensitive and shy ,and didn't know how
to express himself,but he could do excellent craft.

It is funny that both of them were falling in love with a beautiful girl C.You know the result ,A and C got married
and they birthed a little daughter.In order to give a better life for the little life ,A should delivery goods to somewhere too far away for many days .Then it is a good chance for B to take care of C and her baby.With the times flies ,they were some special feeling come out between these two lonely heart,they were falling in love .
One day it was stormy day ,A cannot go out further,he came back ,he found B and C make loves .... Big shame turned out ,one is his best friend , the other one is his wife ,he cannot stand it .He was mad ,and he killed them .

Maybe you think he will escape from there , but he drove himself to the police station.When he was sentenced to death ,he wrote all this story .