寓言小故事：农民与鹤

　　相信小朋友都听过农民与鹤的寓言小故事，亲，你阅读过英文版的吗？今天，我们就来尝试阅读英文版的农民与鹤。

　　The Farmer and the Stork农民跟鹳

　　A FARMER placed nets on his newly-sown plowlands and caught a number of Cranes, which came to pick up his seed. With them he trapped a Stork that had fractured his leg in the net and wasearnestly beseeching the Farmer to spare his life. "Pray save me, Master," he said, "and let me go free this once. My broken limb should excite your pity. Besides, I am no Crane, I am a Stork, a bird of excellent character; and see how I love and slave for my father and mother. Look too, at my feathers-- they are not the least like those of a Crane." The Farmer laughed aloud and said, "It may be all as you say, I only know this: I have taken you with these robbers, the Cranes, and you must die in their company."

　　Birds of a feather flock together.

　　农民与鹤的寓言小故事翻译：

　　农夫在刚播种的田里布下良多网，很多来吃种子的鹤都被捉住了，并捉到一只鹳，鹳 的腿被网折断了，它哀求农夫说：“饶了我吧，可怜可怜我吧。我又不是鹤，而是一只鹳， 我是性情优美的鸟。你瞧，我如许孝顺父母，为他们辛勤恳作，再仔细看看我的羽毛，与鹤 也完全不同。”农夫大笑说：“你说的话兴许不错；但我只知道，你和这些偷吃种子的鹤一 起被捉到，那末你就得跟他们一起死。”

　　这是说人们切莫与坏人交友人的寓言小故事的翻译。