雙語·《伊索寓言》 海豚、鯨和鯡魚

THE DOLPHINS, THE WHALES, AND THE SPRAT

The Dolphins quarrelled with the Whales, and before very long they began fighting with one another. The battle was very fierce, and had lasted some time without any sign of coming to an end, when a Sprat thought that perhaps he could stop it; so he stepped in and tried to persuade them to give up fighting and make friends. But one of the Dolphins said to him contemptuously, “We would rather go on fighting till we're all killed than be reconciled by a Sprat like you!”

海豚、鯨和鯡魚

海豚和鯨爭吵了起來，沒多久便打了起來。戰(zhàn)斗十分激烈，持續(xù)了很長時(shí)間也沒有結(jié)束的跡象。一條鯡魚認(rèn)為自己也許能夠中止這場戰(zhàn)爭，所以他走入戰(zhàn)場，想要說服雙方放棄戰(zhàn)斗，言歸于好。但是一只海豚輕蔑地對(duì)他說：“我們寧可繼續(xù)廝殺到我們都死亡，也不愿意被你這樣的小東西來勸和。”