英语故事 Donkeys and his shadow

一个旅客雇了一头驴,骑着它到远处去。

A tourist hired a donkey, to Jizhaota to distant.

那天天气很热,赤日炎炎。 That weather is very hot, Chiri hothead.

他停下来休息,躲避在驴子的影子下,求个荫凉,避免暴晒。

He stopped to rest, refuge in the shadow of the donkey, and a shade to avoid exposure.

驴子的影子仅够遮蔽一个人,于是旅客和驴子的主人为了遮荫激烈地争起来,谁都认为自己才有这个权利。

Donkeys barely enough to cover the shadow of a person, then the owner of passengers and donkeys to shade fierce fighting, no one think they have this right.

驴子的主人坚持说他仅出租驴子本身,不出租驴子的影子。

Donkey owner insisted that he only letting donkeys themselves, not the shadow of letting donkeys.

那旅客说他雇的驴子包括驴子本身和影子。

The visitors said that he employed the donkeys themselves, including donkeys and shadow.

他们争论不休,以至互相打了起来。

They debate, and even fight each other up.

当他们打架时,驴子逃跑了。

When they fight, donkeys away.

这是说,人们往往为小事争吵不休,从而失去了最重要的东西。

It is said that people often trivial bickering, thus losing the most important things