雙語·《伊索寓言》 橄欖樹和無花果樹

THE OLIVE-TREE AND THE FIG-TREE

An Olive-tree taunted a Fig-tree with the loss of her leaves at a certain season of the year. “You,” she said, “l(fā)ose your leaves every autumn, and are bare till the spring: whereas I, as you see, remain green and flourishing all the year round.” Soon afterwards there came a heavy fall of snow, which settled on the leaves of the Olive so that she bent and broke under the weight; but the flakes fell harmlessly through the bare branches of the Fig, which survived to bear many another crop.

橄欖樹和無花果樹

橄欖樹嘲笑無花果樹在特定季節(jié)會(huì)落葉。“你每個(gè)秋天都要落葉，一直光禿禿的，直到下個(gè)春天。而我呢，你看，常年綠色，一直繁茂?！睕]多久，下了一場大雪，雪在橄欖樹的葉子上積了很多，壓得她都彎了，最后折斷了。而雪花從無花果樹光禿禿的樹枝間落下，無花果樹絲毫沒有受到影響，活了下來，迎來了一個(gè)又一個(gè)豐收。