A Lion and a Bear were fighting for possession of a kid,

一头狮子和一只熊在争夺一个小孩，

which they had both seized at the same moment. The battle was long and fierce,

他们俩同时抓住了它。这场战斗变得漫长而激烈，

and at length both of them were exhausted, and lay upon the ground severely wounded and gasping for breath.

最后他们两人都筋疲力尽，躺在地上，伤势严重，喘不过气来。

A Fox had all the time been prowling round and watching the fight:

一只狐狸一直偷偷地在附近徘徊，观察着战局:

and when he saw the combatants lying there too weak to move, he slipped in and seized the kid, and ran off with it.

当他看到狮子和熊躺在那里，虚弱得动不了时，他迅速溜了进去，抓住孩子，带着它跑了。

They looked on helplessly, and one said to the other,

剩下他俩默默无语，相互对视，狮子对熊说，

"Here we've been mauling each other all this while, and no one the better for it except the Fox!"

“我们一直在这里厮杀，结果除了狐狸，谁也没有得到好处!”