狼偷走了一隻小羊,正要把它帶回狼窩吃掉。但他的如意算盤落空了。他遇上了一頭獅子,獅子二話不說就把小羊搶走了。
狼急忙跑開到一個安全的距離,然後用很受傷的語氣說:
“你沒有權利這樣拿走我的財產!”
獅子回頭看了一眼,由於狼離得太遠,不方便教訓他一頓,他說:
“你的財產?你買了它,還是羊倌把它送給你了?拜託你告訴我,你是怎麼得到它的?”
不義之財取之必禍。
THE WOLF AND THE LION
A Wolf had stolen a Lamb and was carrying it off to his lair to eat it. But his plans were very much changed when he met a Lion, who, without making any excuses, took the Lamb away from him.
The Wolf made off to a safe distance, and then said in a much injured tone:
"You have no right to take my property like that!"
The Lion looked back, but as the Wolf was too far away to be taught a lesson without too much inconvenience, he said:
"Your property? Did you buy it, or did the Shepherd make you a gift of it? Pray tell me, how did you get it?"
What is evil won is evil lost.