伊索寓言中的蝙蝠的英文故事

　　the BAT AND THE WEASELSA

　　Bat falling upon the ground was caught by a Weasel, ofwhom he earnestly besought his life. The Weasel refused,saying, that he was by nature the enemy of all birds. TheBat assured him that he was not a bird, but a mouse, andthus saved his life.

　　蝙蝠和鼠狼

　　一只蝙蝠坠落到路面上去，被一只鼠狼捉住了，蝙蝠哀求讨饶。鼠狼不同意，说它自身最喜欢和飞禽为敌。蝙蝠便证实它自身并不是鸟，仅仅一只老鼠，因而鼠狼就放了它。

　　Shortly afterwards the Bat again fellon the ground, and was carght by another Weasel, whom helikewise entreated not to eat him. The Weasel said that hehad a special hostility to mice. The Bat assured him thathe was not a mouse, but a bat; and thus a second timeescaped.It is wise to turn circumstances to good account.

　　没多久这只蝙蝠又坠落到地面上来，被另一只鼠狼捉住，它一样地哀求讨饶。那鼠狼说它自身最讨厌老鼠，蝙蝠证实自身并并不是老鼠，只是一只蝙蝠;因而，它第二次又欣然地逃出风险了。灵活应变乃聪慧之举。