A cock was once strutting up and down the farmyard among the hens when suddenly he espied something shinning amid the straw. |
| 有一次，一只公鸡在农家院子的母鸡群里昂胸阔步的走着，突然，它发现在柴禾堆儿里有个东西在闪闪发光。 |
"Ho! ho!" quoth he, "that's for me," and soon rooted it out From beneath the straw. |
| 公鸡说：“哦，哦！ 这个是我的”。 于是，它很快从稻草下面捡起来， |
What did it turn out to be but a Pearl that by some chance had been lost in the yard? |
| 这是一颗珍珠啊！是谁不小心丢的呢？。 |
"You may be a treasure," quoth Master Cock, "to men that prize you, but for me I would rather have a single barley-corn than a peck of pearls." |
| 接着公鸡对着它说：“对人来说你是一个宝贝，但对我而言，我宁可你是一粒米而不是珍珠”。 |
Precious things are for those that can prize them. |
| 故事是说：对人来讲，东西之所以珍贵是因为人知道它的价值。 |
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1.The Cock and the Pearl (公鸡和珍珠) 