第7章 The Boy Hunting Locusts 捕蝗虫的小男孩

A BOY was hunting for locusts. He had caught a goodly number, when he saw a Scorpion, and mistaking him for a locust, reached out his hand to take him. The Scorpion, showing his sting, said: "If you had but touched me, my friend, you would have lost me, and all your locusts too!"

一个男孩在城墙外面抓到了很多蝗虫。忽然他看到一只蝎子，错误地以为他也是蝗虫，于是弓起双手，想要把他捂住。不料，蝎子伸出毒针，得意扬扬地说道：“你尽管来试试看，如果你敢这样做，我就叫你马上失去你抓到的全部蝗虫。”