那些給我智慧和勇氣的寓言故事23：驕傲的牡蠣

　　An oyster that was very proud was talking with a fish.“Let's be friends and we can look after each other whenever the fisherman's net comes along,”the fish suggested.

　　一只非常驕傲的牡蠣正在和一條魚(yú)說(shuō)話(huà)。“我們做朋友吧，這樣，當(dāng)漁夫的漁網(wǎng)罩過(guò)來(lái)的時(shí)候，我們就可以互相幫助了。”魚(yú)建議說(shuō)。

　　The proud oyster replied,“I have a strong shell and I feel safe when I close my shell, for no harm can happen to me.”

　　驕傲的牡蠣回答說(shuō)：“我有堅(jiān)硬的殼。合上殼之后我就安全了，沒(méi)有任何東西可以傷害到我。”

　　“But when you close your shell, you may not know what is happening.”answered the fish.

　　“可是，當(dāng)你合上殼時(shí)，你怎么知道外面發(fā)生了什么事呢?”魚(yú)不解地問(wèn)。

　　Still the oyster boasted that he was perfectly safe and he needs no friends to warn him.

　　可是牡蠣還是繼續(xù)夸耀自己是絕對(duì)安全的，根本不需要任何朋友來(lái)提醒它。

　　Suddenly, there was a great splashing sound and the oyster closed his shell and very quickly kept quiet.

　　突然，傳來(lái)一聲巨響，濺起無(wú)數(shù)水花，牡蠣馬上合上殼，不作聲了。

　　“What could the splashing have been? Was it a net, and was the fish caught?”the oyster wondered. When at last the oyster opened his shell, he found himself in a strange place.

　　“濺起水花的聲音是怎么回事呢?是漁網(wǎng)嗎，魚(yú)被抓住了嗎?”牡蠣自問(wèn)道?？墒钱?dāng)牡蠣打開(kāi)殼的時(shí)候，卻發(fā)現(xiàn)自己在一個(gè)陌生的地方。

　　“Where am I?”He looked for the fish but it was no longer around.

　　“我在哪兒?”它找魚(yú)，魚(yú)卻不在它旁邊。

　　Sadly, the oyster found he was at a fishmonger's stall. A ticket on his back marked,“For Sale!”

　　牡蠣悲哀地發(fā)現(xiàn)自己正躺在魚(yú)販子的攤位上，背上還貼著一張寫(xiě)有“出售”字樣的標(biāo)簽。