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The Dog and the Wolf
狗与狼
A gaunt Wolf was almost dead with hunger when he happened to meet a House-dog who was passing by.
一只瘦骨嶙峋的狼快要饿死了，这时他碰巧遇到了一只路过的看门狗。
"Ah, Cousin," said the Dog.
“啊，表亲，”狗说。
"I knew how it would be; your irregular life will soon be the ruin of you.
“我一看就知道是怎么回事，你过着没有规律的生活，这种生活会毁了你的。
Why do you not work steadily as I do, and get your food regularly given to you?"
你为什么不像我一样安稳地工作，按时吃给你的食物呢？”
"I would have no objection," said the Wolf, "if I could only get a place."
狼说：“如果我能有个地方住，我不反对。”
"I will easily arrange that for you," said the Dog; "come with me to my master and you shall share my work."
狗说：“我轻而易举就能为你安排好住处；跟我去见我的主人，你可以分担我的工作。”
So the Wolf and the Dog went towards the town together.
于是狼和狗一起回到了村子。
On the way there the Wolf noticed that the hair on a certain part of the Dog's neck was very much worn away, so he asked him how that had come about.
在路上，狼注意到狗的脖子上有一圈没有毛，他问狗为什么会那样。
"Oh, it is nothing," said the Dog.
狗说：“噢，没什么”。
"That is only the place where the collar is put on at night to keep me chained up; it chafes a bit, but one soon gets used to it."
“那只是主人为了拴住我晚上给我戴项圈的地方，它有点磨脖子，但很快就会习惯的。”
"Is that all?" said the Wolf.
狼说：“就是因为这个原因吗？”
"Then good-bye to you, Master Dog."
“那么，再见了，狗少爷。”
Better starve free than be a fat slave.
挨饿而拥有自由，胜过饱食终日的奴隶。
