橄榄树和无花果树

77.THE OLIVE-TREE AND THEFIG-TREE橄榄树与无花果树An Olive-tree taunted a Fig-tree with the loss of her leaves at a certainseason of the year. "You," she said, "lose your leaves every autumn, and arebare till the spring: whereas I, as you see, remain green and flourishing all theyear round." Soon afterwards there came a heavy fall of snow, which settledon the leaves of the Olive so that she bent and broke under the weight; but theflakes fell harmlessly through the bare branches of the Fig, which survived tobear many another crop.｛中文阅读｝在某一个季节，橄榄树讥笑无花果树的叶子全都凋零了。她说：“你的树叶一到秋天就会逐渐凋落，等到春天时才会再次长出来；而我的叶子就像你看到的这样，一年四季都是常青的。”正当他夸夸其谈时，突然下起了大雪，雪花全都压在橄榄树的叶子上，不一会儿就把他压垮了；而光秃秃的无花果树，一点也没被雪花伤害，反倒生存下来等待着来年的绽放。