伊索寓言下金蛋的鹅

　　The Goose with Golden Egg

　　下金蛋的鹅

　　A Farmer and his wife live in a small house in the country. They are very poor. Then one day something fantastic happens. .

　　农夫和他的老婆住在乡下的一间小房子里。他们非常地穷。有一天，一些神奇的事情发生了。

　　Farmer: Good morning, dear.

　　早上好，亲爱的。

　　Wife: Good morning.I’ll fry you some eggs.

　　早晨，我给你煎些蛋吃。

　　The wife goes out to the barn to get some eggs. She suddenly shouts loudly to the Farmer.

　　农夫的老婆到谷仓外面去拿蛋。她突然大声地对农夫喊叫起来。

　　Wife:Come out here, dear! Quickly!

　　亲爱的！快过来！快！

　　Farmer: Why? What’s the matter?

　　怎么了？发生什么事了？

　　The Farmer runs out to the barn.

　　农夫赶快跑到谷仓。

　　Wife:Look at this!

　　看看这个！

　　Farmer: What is it?

　　这是什么？

　　Wife:It’s a golden egg!

　　这是金蛋！

　　Farmer: A golden egg?Where did you get is?

　　金蛋？你在哪得到的？

　　Wife:From this Goose.It laid this golden egg.

　　鹅下的金蛋。

　　Goose:Quack, quack!

　　嘎嘎，嘎嘎！

　　Farmer: I can’t believe it.It’s so shiny and beautiful.What shall we do with it?

　　我不敢相信。这太闪太美丽了。我们该怎么办呢？

　　Wife:Sell it at the market.

　　拿到市场去卖。

　　Farmer: Good idea.I’ll sell it and buy some meat.

　　好主意。我把它卖掉再买些肉回来。

　　Wife:Yes.I’ll cook you a delicious meal tonight.

　　好的，今晚我给你做一顿好吃的。

　　Farmer: Yahoo! Thank you, Goose!

　　呀呼！谢谢你，乖鹅！

　　The Farmer goes to the market that afternoon and gets a good price for the golden egg. The Farmer and his Wife have a nice dinner that night, but they can’t fall asleep. They are so excited and hope that the goose will lay another golden egg tomorrow morning.

　　下午农夫到市场去把金蛋卖了个好价钱。那天晚上，农夫和他的老婆吃了顿美味的晚餐，但是他们一点都睡不着。他们太激动了，希望鹅明天早上能再下一只金蛋。

　　Goose:Cock –a –doodle-doo!!!

　　（下蛋声）

　　Farmer: Wake up, dear.Let’s see if the Goose laid another golden egg.

　　快起床，亲爱的。我们去看看鹅有没有下金蛋。

　　Wife:Okay. Let’s hurry.

　　好的，我们快些。

　　The two rush out to the barn.

　　他们俩跑到谷仓去。

　　Farmer: Look!Another golden egg!

　　看！又一只金蛋！

　　Wife:Thank you, Goose.We will be rich soon.

　　谢谢你，乖鹅。我们很快就有钱了。

　　Farmer: Yes. Thanks to the Goose.Feed it well, dear.

　　是的，要感谢鹅。亲爱的，把它喂好点。

　　Wife:Of course.I will feed it the best food.

　　那是当然，我会给喂它最好的食物。

　　After that, the Farmer and his Wife gave the Goose the best food. They loved the Goose. The Goose kept laying a golden egg every day. Some months later, the couple moved to a bigger house. They were very happy.

　　从那以后，农夫和他的老婆给鹅做了最美味的`食物。他们爱这只鹅。鹅每天都会下一只金蛋。几个月过去了，这对夫妇搬到了大一点的房子。他们非常开心。

　　Farmer:Thanks to the Goose, we are not poor anymore.

　　感谢鹅，我们不再贫穷了。

　　Wife:That is true.But I’m getting curious.

　　那倒是真的。但是我有点好奇。

　　Farmer: About what?

　　好奇什么？

　　Wife:The Goose doesn’t look special.

　　这只鹅看起来很普通。

　　Farmer: So what?

　　然后呢？

　　Wife:But how can it lay golden eggs?

　　但是它为什么能下金蛋？

　　Farmer: Good question.Now I’m getting curious, too. Hmm…

　　问得好。嗯。我现在也开始好奇了。

　　More months passed and the Farmer and his Wife became quite rich.

　　又过去几个月，农夫和他的老婆变得很有钱了。

　　Farmer: We are now quite rich. Thanks to the Goose.

　　我们现在很有钱了，要感谢那只鹅。

　　Wife:Yes.But I want to get really rich fast.

　　是的，但是我想更快地变得更有钱。

　　Farmer:How?

　　怎么弄？

　　Wife:Think.We don’t knowhow the Goose lays the golden eggs.But we know where they are coming from.

　　想一想。我们不知道这只鹅是怎么下蛋的。但是我们知道蛋是从哪里来的。

　　Farmer: We do? Where?

　　我们知道？哪儿？

　　Wife:From the Goose’s stomach, of course.So its stomach must be full of golden eggs.

　　当然是它的肚子里。因此它的肚子里肯定装满了金蛋。

　　Farmer: Perhaps. I don’t know.

　　我不知道，也许吧。

　　Wife:Can’t you see?We can become really rich all at once.

　　你没有看到吗？我们能一下子就变得有钱了。

　　Farmer: What do you mean?

　　你的意思是？

　　Wife:Cut open the Goose’s stomach. Take out all of the golden eggs inside.

　　划开它的肚子。把里面的所有金蛋全拿出来。

　　Farmer: You mean kill the Goose?

　　你的意思是杀了这只鹅？

　　Wife:Yes.A golden egg a day is too slow.I want to become really rich. Now!

　　是的，每天一只蛋太慢了。我想马上变得真正的很有钱。

　　Farmer: But it has given us a golden egg every day. It made us rich. We can’t kill it now.

　　但是它每天都给我们一只金蛋。这让我们变得有钱。我们现在不能杀它。

　　Wife:Why not?Don’t you want to become richer faster?

　　为什么不能？你不想更快地有钱吗？

　　Farmer: Yes, but we are rich right now.

　　不，我们现在已经很有钱了。

　　Wife:Yes. But I want to become really really rich. I want to live in the city.Bring the knife from the kitchen.

　　是的，但我想变成真正真正的有钱人。我想住在城里。把厨房里的刀拿来。

　　Farmer: If you wish, dear.

　　随你喜欢吧，亲爱的。

　　The Farmer brings a sharp knife from the kitchen. The Goose sees the knife and starts crying and runs away. The Wife hides the knife behind her back.

　　农夫从厨房里拿了把锋利的刀。这只鹅看到菜刀开始哭闹然后跑开了。他老婆把刀藏到了身后。

　　Goose:Quack, quack!

　　嘎嘎，嘎嘎！

　　Wife:What’s the matter, Goose?I have something delicious for you.

　　怎么了，乖鹅？我给你做了好吃的。

　　Goose:Quack, quack!

　　嘎嘎，嘎嘎！

　　Wife:it’s running away!Go and catch it!

　　它跑掉了，抓住它!

　　Farmer: Okay, dear.Come here, Goosey.

　　好的，亲爱的，过来，乖鹅。

　　Goose:Quack, quack!

　　嘎嘎，嘎嘎！

　　Wife:Catch it, catch it!

　　抓住它，抓住它！

　　Farmer: I got it!

　　我抓住它了！

　　Goose:Quack, quack!

　　嘎嘎，嘎嘎！

　　The Farmer catches the Goose and the Wife is about to cut open its stomach.

　　农夫抓住了鹅，然后他老婆划开了鹅的肚子。

　　Wife:We will be really rich soon.How many eggs will there be?

　　我们很快就会变富有了。这里会有多少金蛋呢？

　　Farmer: I don’t know.But there must be many.I’m getting curious now.Hurry up. Cut it open.

　　我不知道，但是肯定有很多。我现在很好奇。快点，划开它。

　　Wife:Okay, here I go.

　　好的，划开了。

　　Goose:(scream)Q-U-A-C-K!!!

　　（尖叫）嘎----嘎！！！

　　The Goose’s stomach is cut open. The Farmer and his Wife look surprised.

　　鹅的肚子被划开了。农夫和他的老婆都惊呆了。

　　Farmer: Where are the golden eggs?

　　这些金蛋到哪里去了？

　　Wife:I don’t know.There must be some inside.Look carefully!

　　我不知道，可能它们藏齐来了。好好找找！

　　Farmer: There are none!What have we done?

　　这里什么都没有！我们都做了什么？

　　Wife:No golden eggs?

　　没有金蛋？

　　Farmer: Poor Goose.We were too greedy.So we will become poor again.

　　可怜的鹅。我们太贪心了。现在我们又会变穷了。

　　Wife:Poor us!

　　可怜的我们！

　　Farmer: Boo-hoo-hoo.

　　嘘-呼-呼（遗憾的呼声）

　　MORAL

　　寓意

　　Don’t be greedy.

　　人们应该满足于现有的东西，切不可贪得无厌，杀鸡取卵