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The Fox and the Horse  

一个农夫有一匹勤勤恳恳、任劳任怨为他干活的马，但这匹马现在已经老了，干活也不行了，所以，农夫不想再给马吃东西。他对马说：“我再也用不着你了，你自己离开马厩走吧，到你比一头狮子更强壮时，我自然会把你牵回来的。”
说完，他打开门，让马自己去谋生去了。
A peasant had a faithful horse which had grown old and could do no more work
so his master no longer wanted to give him anything to eat and said
"I can certainly make no more use of you
but still I mean well by you
and if you prove yourself still strong enough to bring me a lion here
I will maintain you. But for now get out of my stable." And with that he chased him into the open field.
The horse was sad
and went to the forest to seek a little protection there from the weather. There the fox met him and said
"Why do you hang your head so
and go about all alone?"
"Alas
" replied the horse
"greed and loyalty do not dwell together in one house. My master has fotten what services I have performed for him for so many years
and because I can no longer plow well
he will give me no more food
and has driven me out."
"Without giving you a chance?" asked the fox.
"The chance was a bad one. He said
if I were still strong enough to bring him a lion
he would keep me
but he well knows that I cannot do that."
The fox said
"I will help you. Just lie down
stretch out as if you were dead
and do not stir."
The horse did what the fox asked
and then the fox went to the lion
who had his den not far off
and said
"A dead horse is lying out there. Just e with me
and you can have a rich meal."
The lion went with him
and when they were both standing by the horse the fox said
"After all
it is not very fortable for you here- I tell you what -I will fasten it to you by the tail
and then you can drag it into your cave and eat it in peace."
This advice pleased the lion. He positioned himself
and in order that the fox might tie the horse fast to him
he kept pletely quiet. But the fox tied the lion's legs together with the horse's tail
and isted and fastened everything so well and so strongly that no amount of strength could pull it loose. When he had finished his work
he tapped the horse on the shoulder and said
"Pull
white horse
pull!"
Then up sprang the horse at once
and pulled the lion away with him. The lion began to roar so that all the birds in the forest flew up in terror
but the horse let him roar
and drew him and dragged him across the field to his master's door. When the master saw the lion
he was of a better mind
and said to the horse
"You shall stay with me and fare well." And he gave him plenty to eat until he died.