伊索寓言故事双语版：下金蛋的鹅

我们知道吗?从哪里?

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

当然是从那只鹅的肚子里呀，所以它的肚子里一定装满了金蛋。

Farmer: Perhaps. I don’t know.

或许吧，我不知道。

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

你不明白吗?我们可以一夜致富呀。

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.

剖开那只饿的肚子，拿出里面所有的金蛋。

Farmer: You mean kill the Goose?

你是说杀了那只鹅?

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

每天一个金蛋太慢了，我要变得非常富有，立刻!

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个金蛋呀，他让我们富有了，现在我们不能杀它。

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

难道你不想快点变得更有钱吗?

Farmer: Yes, but we are rich right now.

想呀，可是我们现在就很有钱呀。

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

是呀，可是我想变得真的真的很有钱，我想住到城市里去。去把厨房里的刀拿来。

Farmer: If you wish, dear.

遵命，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.

农夫从厨房里拿出一把锋利的刀，鹅看到了刀，开始一边叫一边跑，其子把刀藏在了身后。

嘎嘎!

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

怎么了，鹅?我有好吃的东西要给你呀!

嘎嘎!

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

它跑走了!去抓住他!

Farmer: Okay, dear. Come here, Goosey.

好的，亲爱的，过来，鹅。

嘎嘎!

Wife: Catch it, catch it!

抓住它，抓住它!

Farmer: I got it!

抓住了!

嘎嘎!

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

农夫抓住鹅，妻子准备剖开他的肚子。

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

我们很快就会变得很有钱了，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，可是肯定很多，现在我越来越好奇了。快点，剖开他。

Wife: Okay, here I go.

好，我要下手了。

Goose: (scream)Q-U-A-C-K!!!

(惨叫)嘎!

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

鹅的肚子被剖开了，农夫和他的妻子看起来非常吃惊。

Farmer: Where are the golden eggs?

金蛋在哪里呢?

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

我不知道，这里头一定有一些。看仔细点!

Farmer: There are none! What have we done?

一个也没有，我们都干了些什么呀?

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，我们又会变穷。

Wife: Poor us!

可怜的我们!

Farmer: Boo-hoo-hoo.

呜-呜-呜…

MORAL： Don’t be greedy.

不可贪心。