A Lion had come to the end of his days and lay sick unto death at the mouth of his cave, gasping for breath. |
| 一只生病的狮子躺在它的洞穴口，呼吸很困难，生命快要走到了尽头。 |
The animals, his subjects, came round him and drew nearer as he grew more and more helpless. |
| 曾经臣服于它的动物，看到狮子越来越虚弱无助时，纷纷从四处聚拢过来，围绕着狮子。 |
When they saw him on the point of death they thought to themselves: "Now is the time to pay off old grudges." |
| 它们看到狮子就要死了，心里就想：“现在是算老帐的时候了”。 |
So the Boar came up and drove at him with his tusks; then a Bull gored him with his horns; |
| 于是，野猪先走过来，用它的獠牙推搡狮子。接着，公牛用角撞它。 |
still the Lion lay helpless before them: so the Ass, feeling quite safe from danger, came up, and turning his tail to the Lion kicked up his heels into his face. |
| 狮子还是没有反应，仍旧无助的躺着，于是一头驴在确认没有危险后，走上来转身用蹄子踢狮子的脸。 |
"This is a double death," growled the Lion. |
| “这真是祸不单行啊”，狮子咆哮着死去。 |
Only cowards insult dying majesty. |
| 故事是说：只有懦夫才会凌辱垂死的英雄 |
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9.The Sick Lion (生病的狮子) 