The Eagle and the Raven¹

An eagle was trying to break open a nut in his beak² when a raven landed on a branch beside him. The raven eyed the nut hopefully, "You'll never break it like that,"he said. "If I were you I would fly up in the sky as high as I could, then drop the nut onto the rocks. It's the only way you'll get at the kernel³." 

The eagle flew up into the sky, then let the nut fall down, down, down to the ground. The raven hopped⁴ quickly from his branch and seized the nut in his beak. By the time the eagle had found his way back to the right place, all that was left was a broken piece of shell.

中文译文

鹰和渡鸦

正当鹰试图弄开它嘴中的坚果时，一只渡鸦停在了他旁边的树干上。渡鸦贪婪地看着坚果，“你这样永远也弄不开它，”他说。“如果我是你，我就会尽我所能，飞向高空，然后让坚果掉在石头上。这是得到果实的唯一办法。”

鹰飞向空中，然后让坚果落下，落下，落到地面。渡鸦飞快地跳离树干，叼住了坚果。当鹰寻旧路折回时，地上只剩下一些破碎的果壳了。

Vocabulary

eagle 鹰 raven 渡鸦 beak 鸟嘴 land 着陆 kernel 果实

hop 单脚跳 broken 破碎了的 shell 壳