crow and fowl 乌鸦和母鸡-凯发k8官网

when prince smolensky's art had found a way to ¹ the ²'s ³ heart. the modern vandals ⁴ to ruin and left them moscow town to their ⁵.

 

then all, the great and small, each blessed soul alive, packed up without an hour's delay and from the walls of moscow streamed away like ⁶ of bees that leaves the hive.

 

a crow upon a roof that slowly cleaned her ⁷ surveyed the ⁸, perched apart.

 

'why, friend, it's surely time to start?' called out a hen upon a cart, 'stands at the gate, even while i speak, our ruthless foe.'

 

'and where's the harm in that for me?' the ⁹ bird replies: 'i'll hold my own, you'll see; you chicken-hearts, that want to, go! but folk will neither roast nor ¹⁰ a crow. we'll get on well enough, our guests and i, who knows but i may find some dainty snacks of food, a bit of cheese, a bone or something good? good luck, dear henny, on the road! good-bye!'

 

so crow, she stayed behind. what else? why, stead of snacks her board to ¹¹, when, in smolensky's clutch, the french took in their belts, they cooked the crow as well, to give their soup a ¹².

 

as blind, as foolish often do human reckonings show. you're close on fortune's heels; you think you'll catch the ¹³, and when the last accounts are made, you're in the soup, just like our crow.

 

当年，斯摩凌斯奇公爵为打击敌人狂妄的气焰设下奇谋，给新的汪达尔布下天罗地网，撤出墨西哥来消灭他们。

 

于是所有居民，不分贵贱，人人刻不容缓地收拾行李，涌出莫斯科好像涌出蜂房。

 

一只乌鸦独自待在屋里，慢慢的擦洗着嘴巴，俯瞰着下面的一片慌乱。

 

“怎么啦，朋友，是该走的时候了？”一只母鸡从大车上对它说：“咱们残酷的敌人，说话间就要到门口了！”

 

“这对我有什么妨碍？”，这预言家答道：“我决定留在这里，你们这些胆小鬼才想走，走你们的吧！可不会把乌鸦烤了煮了，我跟客人们会相处的很好，说不定我还会分点好吃的呢，一小片奶酪呀，一块骨头呀，或者其他什么好东西。再见，亲爱的凤冠鸡，祝你一路平安。”

 

乌鸦真的留下来了。后来怎么样呢？当法兰西人在斯摩棱斯基的围困中束紧裤带时，乌鸦没有尝到好东西，而法兰西客人照样煮了它，为他们的羹汤添点滋味。

 

一个人在算盘时常常愚蠢而盲目，你紧紧追求幸福，自以为一定能获得至宝，可归根结底一算，却和这个乌鸦一样，成了别人的羹汤。

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