狼来了

《伊索寓言》之牧童与狼。一个牧童在离村庄不远的一片阴森森林附近看管主人的羊群。很快，他觉得牧场的生活十分枯燥。

The Æsop for Children The Shepherd Boy & the Wolf A Shepherd Boy tended his master’s Sheep near a dark forest not far from the village. Soon he found life in the pasture very dull.

他唯一能做的消遣就是和他的狗说话，或是吹奏牧笛。

All he could do to amuse himself was to talk to his dog or play on his shepherd’s pipe.

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一天，当他坐在那里看着羊群和寂静的森林，想着如果看到狼该怎么办时，他想出了一个消遣的法子。

One day as he sat watching the Sheep and the quiet forest, and thinking what he would do should he see a Wolf, he thought of a plan to amuse himself.

他的主人曾告诉他，如果狼袭击羊群就大声呼救，村民们会赶来把狼赶走。

His Master had told him to call for help should a Wolf attack the flock, and the Villagers would drive it away.

于是，尽管他连狼的影子都没看见，还是向着村庄的方向，扯着嗓子大喊：“狼来了！狼来了！”

So now, though he had not seen anything that even looked like a Wolf, he ran toward the village shouting at the top of his voice, “Wolf! Wolf!”

正如他所料，听到呼喊的村民们放下手中的活计，兴奋地奔向牧场。可当他们赶到时，却发现那男孩正因为自己耍的把戏而笑得直不起腰来。

As he expected, the Villagers who heard the cry dropped their work and ran in great excitement to the pasture. But when they got there they found the Boy doubled up with laughter at the trick he had played on them.

几天后，牧童又大喊：“狼来了！狼来了！”村民们再次跑来帮忙，结果又被嘲笑了一番。

A few days later the Shepherd Boy again shouted, “Wolf! Wolf!” Again the Villagers ran to help him, only to be laughed at again.

一天傍晚，太阳落到了森林后，阴影在牧场上蔓延开来，一只狼真的从灌木丛中窜出，扑向了羊群。

Then one evening as the sun was setting behind the forest and the shadows were creeping out over the pasture, a Wolf really did spring from the underbrush and fall upon the Sheep.

男孩惊恐地跑向村庄，大喊着“狼来了！狼来了！”但尽管村民们听到了呼喊，却不像往常那样跑去帮忙了。“他休想再骗我们了。”他们说道。

In terror the Boy ran toward the village shouting “Wolf! Wolf!” But though the Villagers heard the cry, they did not run to help him as they had before. “He cannot fool us again,” they said.

那只狼咬死了男孩的许多羊，然后溜进了森林。

The Wolf killed a great many of the Boy’s sheep and then slipped away into the forest.

爱说谎的人，即使说的是真话，也没人会相信。

Liars are not believed even when they speak the truth.