【高级趣读】The Wolf in Sheep-skin

A wolf was walking in the countryside. He found a sheep-skin spread on the ground. He thought, "If I wear this skin and get mixed up in the flock, the shepherd will not suspect me. At night, I will kill a stout sheep and then take him away with me".

The wolf covered himself with the sheep-skin and got mixed up with a flock of sheep. As he had expected, the shepherd took him as a sheep and shut him also in the pen. The wolf was waiting for the night.

The shepherd had a feast that night. He sent a servant to fetch a fat sheep. The servant saw the sheep-skin covered wolf by chance. That night, the guests had the wolf for supper.

MORAL : Evil thoughts have evil ends.

【关键词】

1、 sheep-skin (n.) 羊皮

2、 spread (vi.) 铺开

3、 get mixed up in (phr.) 混进

4、 flock (n.) 群

5、 shepherd (n.) 牧羊人

6、 suspect (vt.) 怀疑

7、 stout (adj.) 肥壮的

8、 pen (n.) 羊圈

9、 feast （n.）盛宴

10、 by chance (phr.) 碰巧

【译文】披着羊皮的狼

一只狼正在乡下散步。它发现一张铺在地上的羊皮。它心想，“我要是穿上这张羊皮，混在羊群里，那牧羊人就不会怀疑我。到了晚上，我会杀死一只肥羊，然后把它带走。”

狼将绵羊皮盖在自己身上，并与一群羊混在一起。 不出所料，牧羊人将它当作一只羊，也将它关进羊圈里。狼在等待着夜幕降临。

那天晚上，牧羊人有一场盛宴。他派一个仆人去找一只肥羊来。 仆人恰好看到了那只披着羊皮的狼。那天晚上，这只狼成为客人们的晚餐。

寓意：恶有恶报。