歇后语张飞穿针：农夫与蛇

2020年11月30日发(作者：师乐)
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农夫与蛇

作者：陶杏

来源：《中学生英语·学生综合天地》2011年第10期

编者注
相信大家以前都看过《农夫与蛇》的故事吧。故事讲的是一个老人救了一条冻僵的蛇， 但
最后却被蛇咬死了。但今天这篇《农夫与蛇》讲的是另外一个农夫与蛇的故事，赶快来看看
吧 ！

Every day, a farmer went to the city to sell flowers and farm produce (农产品) and then went
home after selling all his things. One day, he left home very early. When he arrived at the city, the
gate was still closed. So he lay down to take a nap (睡觉). When he woke up, he found that the bin (储
物箱) containing (装着) his farm produce was empty. And there was a gold coin in the bin. He
thought that maybe someone had taken his things and left the payment (付款) there, and went home
happily with the money.
有一个农夫，每天都到城里去卖花和农产品，卖完 以后就回家。有一天，他很早出门，但
是当他来到城门时，城门还没开，所以他就先躺在那边睡觉。当他 醒过来时，看到他装农产品
的箱子都空了，箱子里面有一个金币。他想大概是有人拿走了他的东西，然后 把钱放在那里
了，于是他带着钱高兴地回家了。

The next day, the farmer went out to sell his things again. But he arrived too early again. So he
slept outside the city gate. And the same incident (事件) happened again. All the produce that the
farmer had brought disappeared, and there was a gold coin in the bin again! At that time, gold was
very valuable（值钱的）. One gold coin had a value many times higher than the farmer’s produce.
第二天，农夫又出门去做买卖，同样也是来得太早，所以他又在城 门那里睡觉。结果又发
生一样的事情，农夫带来的东西都不见了，箱子里面又多了一个金币！那时候黄金 是很值钱
的，所以一个金币比农夫的农产品要高出好几倍的价值。

One day, the farmer’s father asked him, “Where have you gotten so many gold coins lately?
Where did the money come from?” The farmer told his father what had happened. After listening to
his story, the father thought, “I’ll follow my son as he goes out one day, and see who has taken his
things and left the money in the bin.”