liǎng gè guàn zǐ bèi rén liú zài hé àn shàng , |
两个罐子被人留在河岸上, |
| Two Pots had been left on the bank of a river, |
yī gè shì tóng de, lìng yī gè shì ní de 。 |
一个是铜的,另一个是泥的。 |
| one of brass,and one of earthenware. |
dāng zhǎng cháo de shí hòu , tā men dōu bèi chōng jìn le shuǐ lǐ 。 |
当涨潮的时候,它们都被冲进了水里。 |
| When the tide rose they both floated off down the stream. |
ní guàn zǐ jí lì xiǎng yù tóng guàn zǐ bǎo chí jù lí 。 |
泥罐子极力想与铜罐子保持距离。 |
| Now the earthenware pot tried its best to keep aloof from the brass one, |
tóng guàn zǐ dà jiào : “ péng yǒu ! bié pà , wǒ bù huì zhuàng nǐ de ” 。 |
铜罐子大叫:“朋友!别怕,我不会撞你的”。 |
| which cried out: "Fear nothing, friend, I will not strike you." |
ní guàn zǐ shuō : “ dàn wǒ kě néng huì pèng dào nǐ yā 。 |
泥罐子说:“但我可能会碰到你呀。 |
| "But I may come in contact with you," said the other, |
rú guǒ wǒ lí nǐ tài jìn , bù guǎn shì wǒ pèng dào nǐ huò shì nǐ pèng dào wǒ , |
如果我离你太近,不管是我碰到你或是你碰到我, |
| which cried out: "Fear nothing, friend, I will not strike you." |
wǒ dōu huì hěn cǎn ” 。 |
我都会很惨”。 |
| I shall suffer for it. |
gù shì shì shuō : qiáng zhě hé ruò zhě wú fǎ tóng xíng |
故事是说:强者和弱者无法同行 |
| "The strong and the weak cannot keep company. |
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