恋爱中的狮子 The Lion in Love

 寓意: 有些人轻易相信别人的话，抛弃自己的长处，结果轻而易举地被原来害怕自己的人击败了。

A lion once fell in love with a beautiful girl, so he went to her parents and asked them to marry her to him.

一只狮子爱上了一位美丽的女孩儿，便找到她的父母向她求婚。

The old parents did not know what to say.

女孩儿的父亲不知道该如何回答。

They did not like the idea of giving their daughter to the lion, but they did not want to enrage¹ the king of beasts.

他不忍将女儿许配给野兽，但又害怕激怒这兽中之王。

At last the father said, "We are glad to marry our daughter to you, but we fear that you might possibly hurt her. So if you remove your claws² and teeth, we will give her to you."

于是父亲说：“我们很乐意将女儿嫁给你，但又怕你不小心伤害她，如果你拔去牙齿，剁掉利爪，我们就将女儿嫁给你。”

The lion loved the girl very much, so he trimmed³ his claws and took out his big teeth. When he came to the parents again, they simply laughed in his face, and beat him out of their house.

狮子非常爱这个女孩儿，于是他修剪了爪子，拔掉了尖牙后又去找女孩的父母。可是这时，他们嘲笑他，并把他赶了出去。

1 enrage   

v.触怒，激怒

参考例句：

• She chose a quotation that she knew would enrage him.她选用了一句明知会激怒他的引语。
• He started another matter to enrage me,but I didn't care.他又提出另一问题，想以此激怒我，可我并没在意。

2 claws   

n.爪( claw的名词复数 )；（有壳水生动物的）螯；爪形夹具；（机械的）爪

参考例句：

• the claws of a crab 螃蟹的螯
• The lion's claws had gouged a wound in the horse's side. 狮爪在马身一侧抓了一道深口。

3 trimmed   

adj.平衡的，纵倾的v.整理( trim的过去式和过去分词 )；修剪；装饰；减少

参考例句：

• The general's uniform was trimmed with gold braid. 将军的制服饰有金色穗带。
• She wore a white satin gown trimmed with lace. 她穿着一条饰有蕾丝花边的白色缎子长裙。 来自《简明英汉词典》