《世界上最美丽的英文》(18)

Your have a forever friend for life,

你拥有了一个真正的朋友，

And forever has no end.

永永远远，永无止境。

第十二篇：

The Cobbler and the banker

La Fontaine/拉.封丹

皮匠和银行家

A cobbler passed his time in singing from morning till night;it was wonderful to see,wonderful to hear

him;he was

more contented in shoes,than was any of the seven sages.His neighbor,on the contrary,who was rolling in

wealth,sung

but little and slept less.He was a banker;when by chance he fell into a doze at day-break,the cobbler awoke him with his song.The banker complained sadly that Providence had not made sleep a saleable commodity,like edibles or drinkables.Having at length sent for the songster,he said to him,"How much a year do you earn,Master

Gregory?"

"How much a year,sir?"said the merry cobbler laughing,"I have reckon in that way,living as I do from one day to another;somehow I manage to reach the end of the year;each day brings its meal."

"Well then!How much a day do you earn,my friend?"

"Sometimes more,sometimes less;but the worst of it is,-and,without that our earnings would be very

tolerable,-a