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There were two pots in the royal kitchen, one of pottery and the other of iron. The iron pot was very proud and looked down on the pottery pot. "Dare you bump me, Pottery Pot?" he said. "I don't dare, Brother Iron Pot, " came the modest answer. "I know you don't, you coward, " said the iron pot.
"Even if I don't, that doesn't mean I'm cowardly," replied the pottery pot. "We are made to hold things, not to knock against each other, I am no worse than you at doing what we were made for, besides ..."
"How dare you compare yourself with me! You just wait. Before long you will be broken, while I will last for ever. "
"Why talk like that?" said the pottery pot, "Let us live in peace. Why should we quarrel? "
"Why, I'm even ashamed to be seen with you. What kind of thing are you after all? Sooner or later you'll come to pieces, I tell you. "
So the pottery pot said no more.
Time went on and a lot of things happened in the world. Even the palace fell to ruin. The two pots lay buried in the ground for centuries.
One day some people arrive to dig the ground. They came upon the pottery pot. They took it up and washed it clean, it looked as good as it had in the royal kitchen.
"What a beautiful pot!" one man said. "Take care not to break it. It's a priceless relic from ancient times." The people dug and dug all around, then they found a few pieces of rusty iron. There was nothing else left of the iron pot. Who knows in what century the iron pot had finally rusted away.
参考译文:
陶罐和铁罐
在御厨房里有两只罐,一只是陶罐,另一只是铁罐。铁罐非常骄傲,瞧不起陶罐。“你敢跟我碰吗,陶罐?”他说。“我不敢,铁罐兄弟,”谦逊的声音回答。“量你也不敢,胆小鬼!”铁罐说。
“但是,即使我不敢跟你碰,也决不是我胆小,”陶罐回答。“我们都是为盛东西而制造的,不是为了相互碰的。在制造我们的目的上,我一点都不比你差。另外……”
“你竟敢拿自己跟我来比!等着瞧吧,你很快就会被打破,而我将一直存在。”
“为什么讲这种话呢?”陶罐说,“让我们和和平平地生活吧。为什么尽吵架呢?”
“为什么,我让大家瞧见跟你在一起都感到羞愧。你算什么东西?听着,你早晚会粉身碎骨。”
于是陶罐不再吭声。
时间流逝,世事沧桑变化。就连皇宫也沦为废墟,两只罐深埋在土里几个世纪之久。
一天有人来挖掘。他们找到一只陶罐,拿出来,洗洗干净,看上去和当初在御厨房中一样完好。
“多么精美的陶罐啊!”一个人说,“当心别把它打破了。这是源自古代的无价之宝。”人们继续在周围挖,他们找到了几片锈铁。铁罐已荡然无存。谁知道它在哪个朝代就已经锈蚀掉了。
"Even if I don't, that doesn't mean I'm cowardly," replied the pottery pot. "We are made to hold things, not to knock against each other, I am no worse than you at doing what we were made for, besides ..."
"How dare you compare yourself with me! You just wait. Before long you will be broken, while I will last for ever. "
"Why talk like that?" said the pottery pot, "Let us live in peace. Why should we quarrel? "
"Why, I'm even ashamed to be seen with you. What kind of thing are you after all? Sooner or later you'll come to pieces, I tell you. "
So the pottery pot said no more.
Time went on and a lot of things happened in the world. Even the palace fell to ruin. The two pots lay buried in the ground for centuries.
One day some people arrive to dig the ground. They came upon the pottery pot. They took it up and washed it clean, it looked as good as it had in the royal kitchen.
"What a beautiful pot!" one man said. "Take care not to break it. It's a priceless relic from ancient times." The people dug and dug all around, then they found a few pieces of rusty iron. There was nothing else left of the iron pot. Who knows in what century the iron pot had finally rusted away.
参考译文:
陶罐和铁罐
在御厨房里有两只罐,一只是陶罐,另一只是铁罐。铁罐非常骄傲,瞧不起陶罐。“你敢跟我碰吗,陶罐?”他说。“我不敢,铁罐兄弟,”谦逊的声音回答。“量你也不敢,胆小鬼!”铁罐说。
“但是,即使我不敢跟你碰,也决不是我胆小,”陶罐回答。“我们都是为盛东西而制造的,不是为了相互碰的。在制造我们的目的上,我一点都不比你差。另外……”
“你竟敢拿自己跟我来比!等着瞧吧,你很快就会被打破,而我将一直存在。”
“为什么讲这种话呢?”陶罐说,“让我们和和平平地生活吧。为什么尽吵架呢?”
“为什么,我让大家瞧见跟你在一起都感到羞愧。你算什么东西?听着,你早晚会粉身碎骨。”
于是陶罐不再吭声。
时间流逝,世事沧桑变化。就连皇宫也沦为废墟,两只罐深埋在土里几个世纪之久。
一天有人来挖掘。他们找到一只陶罐,拿出来,洗洗干净,看上去和当初在御厨房中一样完好。
“多么精美的陶罐啊!”一个人说,“当心别把它打破了。这是源自古代的无价之宝。”人们继续在周围挖,他们找到了几片锈铁。铁罐已荡然无存。谁知道它在哪个朝代就已经锈蚀掉了。