Italian–English parallel text
La lepre e le sue orecchie
The Hare and His Ears
Aesop
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Il leone era stato gravemente ferito dalle corna di una capra che stava mangiando. Era molto arrabbiato al solo pensiero che un animale scelto per il suo pasto potesse essere così sfacciato da portare cose pericolose come le corna, che lo graffiavano mentre mangiava.
The Lion had been badly hurt by the horns of a Goat, which he was eating. He was very angry to think that any animal that he chose for a meal, should be so brazen as to wear such dangerous things as horns to scratch him while he ate.
Così ordinò che tutti gli animali dotati di corna dovessero lasciare i suoi domini entro ventiquattr’ore.
So he commanded that all animals with horns should leave his domains within twenty-four hours.
L’ordine gettò nel terrore le bestie. Tutti coloro che erano così sfortunati da avere le corna iniziarono a fare i bagagli e ad andarsene.
The command struck terror among the beasts. All those who were so unfortunate as to have horns, began to pack up and move out.
Persino la lepre, che, come sapete, non ha corna e quindi non aveva nulla da temere, passò una notte molto agitata, sognando incubi terribili sul temibile leone.
Even the Hare, who, as you know, has no horns and so had nothing to fear, passed a very restless night, dreaming awful dreams about the fearful Lion.
E quando uscì dalla tana al sole del primo mattino e vide l’ombra proiettata dalle sue orecchie lunghe e appuntite, fu colta da un terrore terribile.
And when he came out of the warren in the early morning sunshine, and there saw the shadow cast by his long and pointed ears, a terrible fright seized him.
“Addio, vicino Grillo,” gridò. “Me ne vado. Di certo farà passare le mie orecchie per corna, qualunque cosa io dica.”
“Goodby, neighbor Cricket,” he called. “I’m off. He will certainly make out that my ears are horns, no matter what I say.”
Non date ai vostri nemici il minimo motivo per attaccare la vostra reputazione.
Do not give your enemies the slightest reason to attack your reputation.
I vostri nemici coglieranno qualsiasi scusa per attaccarvi.
Your enemies will seize any excuse to attack you.
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