당나귀, 여우, 그리고 사자 / 이솝우화

 

 

 

 

 

The Ass, The Fox, And The Lion (당나귀, 여우, 그리고 사자)/ 이솝우화

 

 

An Ass and a Fox went into partnership and sallied out to forage for food together.

They hadn't gone far before they saw a Lion coming their way,

at which they were both dreadfully frightened.

But the Fox thought he saw a way of saving his own skin,

and went boldly up to the Lion and whispered in his ear,

"I'll manage that you shall get hold of the Ass without the trouble of stalking him,

if you'll promise to let me go free."

The Lion agreed to this, and the Fox then rejoined his companion

and contrived before long to lead him by a hidden pit,

which some hunter had dug as a trap for wild animals,

and into which he fell.

When the Lion saw that the Ass was safely caught and couldn't get away,

it was to the Fox that he first turned his attention,

and he soon finished him off, and then at his leisure proceeded to feast upon the Ass.

 

Betray a friend, and you'll often find you have ruined yourself.

 

 

당나귀와 여우 한마리가 함께 먹을 것을 사냥하러 나섰다.

얼마가지 않아서 그들은 사자가 다가오는 것을 발견하곤 소스라치게 놀랐다.

그러나, 여우는 자기가 살 요량으로 사자에게 다가가서 귀에대고 속삭였다.

"날 살려주신다면, 당신이 수고할 필요도 없이 당나귀를 잡을 수 있게 해드릴께요.

" 사자는 그렇게 하겠노라고 하곤 여우를 보내주었다.

당나귀에게 돌아온 여우는 당나귀와 함께 가다가

당나귀를 사냥꾼이 만들어논 수렁에 빠뜨렸다.

당나귀가 수렁에 빠진것을 본 사자는 이제 여우먼저 처리를 해야겠다고 생각하곤

여우를 먼저 먹어치우고, 후에 당나귀를 먹었다.

 

친구를 배신하면, 종종 네 자신부터 당하게 된다.