陳蕙雅思教材 - 伊索寓言 (The Fisherman Piping)

The Fisherman Piping 吹簫的漁夫

A FISHERMAN skilled in music took his flute and his nets to the seashore.Standing on a projecting rock, he played several tunes in the hope that thefish, attracted by his melody, would of their own accord dance into his net,which he had placed below. At last, having long waited in vain, he laid asidehis flute, and casting his net into the sea, made an excellent haul of fish.When he saw them leaping about in the net upon the rock he said: "O youmost perverse creatures, when I piped you would not dance, but now that I haveceased you do so merrily."

有一個會吹簫的漁夫，帶著他心愛的簫和漁網來到了海邊。他先站在一塊突出的岩石 上，吹起簫來，心想魚聽到這美妙音樂就會自己跳到他的前面來的。他聚精會神地吹了好 久，毫無結果。他只好將簫放下，拿起網來，向水裡撒去，結果捕到了許多的魚。他將網中 的魚一條條地扔到岸上，並對亂蹦亂跳的魚說：“喂，你們這些不識好歹的東西！我吹簫時，你們不跳舞，現在我不吹了，你們倒跳了起來。” 這故事適用於那些做事不擇時機的人們。