Romanian–English parallel text
Iepurele și urechile lui
The Hare and His Ears
Aesop
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Leul fusese rănit grav de coarnele unei capre pe care o mânca. Era foarte furios la gândul că orice animal pe care îl alegea pentru o masă putea fi atât de obraznic încât să poarte lucruri atât de periculoase precum coarnele, ca să-l zgârie în timp ce mânca.
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.
Așa că a poruncit ca toate animalele cu coarne să-i părăsească ținutul în douăzeci și patru de ore.
So he commanded that all animals with horns should leave his domains within twenty-four hours.
Porunca a băgat spaima în fiare. Toate cele care erau atât de ghinioniste încât să aibă coarne au început să-și strângă lucrurile și să plece.
The command struck terror among the beasts. All those who were so unfortunate as to have horns, began to pack up and move out.
Chiar și Iepurele, care, după cum știți, nu are coarne și deci nu avea de ce să se teamă, a petrecut o noapte foarte neliniștită, visând visuri groaznice despre Leul înfricoșător.
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.
Iar când a ieșit din vizuină în soarele dimineții și a văzut acolo umbra lăsată de urechile lui lungi și ascuțite, l-a cuprins o spaimă cumplită.
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.
„Rămas-bun, vecine Greiere!”, a strigat el. „Eu am plecat. Cu siguranță va susține că urechile mele sunt coarne, indiferent de ce aș spune.”
“Goodby, neighbor Cricket,” he called. “I’m off. He will certainly make out that my ears are horns, no matter what I say.”
Nu le da dușmanilor tăi nici cel mai mic motiv să-ți atace reputația.
Do not give your enemies the slightest reason to attack your reputation.
Dușmanii tăi vor profita de orice scuză ca să te atace.
Your enemies will seize any excuse to attack you.
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