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The Widow and the Sheep

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A CERTAIN poor widow had one solitary¹ Sheep. At shearing³ time,
wishing to take his fleece and to avoid expense, she sheared⁴ him
herself, but used the shears⁵ so unskillfully that with the fleece
she sheared the flesh. The Sheep, writhing⁶ with pain, said, "Why
do you hurt me so, Mistress? What weight can my blood add to the
wool? If you want my flesh, there is the butcher, who will kill
me in an instant; but if you want my fleece and wool, there is
the shearer⁷, who will shear² and not hurt me."

The least outlay⁸ is not always the greatest gain.

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1 solitary
adj.孤独的，独立的，荒凉的；n.隐士
参考例句：
I am rather fond of a solitary stroll in the country.我颇喜欢在乡间独自徜徉。 The castle rises in solitary splendour on the fringe of the desert.这座城堡巍然耸立在沙漠的边际，显得十分壮美。

2 shear
n.修剪，剪下的东西，羊的一岁；vt.剪掉，割，剥夺；vi.修剪，切割，剥夺，穿越
参考例句：
Every spring they shear off the sheep's wool and sell it.每年春天他们都要剪下羊毛去卖。 In the Hebrides they shear their sheep later than anywhere else.在赫伯里兹，剪羊毛的时间比其他任何地方都要晚。

3 shearing
n.剪羊毛，剪取的羊毛v.剪羊毛( shear的现在分词 )；切断；剪切
参考例句：
The farmer is shearing his sheep. 那农夫正在给他的羊剪毛。来自《简明英汉词典》 The result of this shearing force is to push the endoplasm forward. 这种剪切力作用的结果是推动内质向前。来自辞典例句

4 sheared
v.剪羊毛( shear的过去式和过去分词 )；切断；剪切
参考例句：
A jet plane sheared the blue sky. 一架喷气式飞机划破蓝空。来自《现代英汉综合大词典》 The pedal had sheared off at the pivot. 踏板在枢轴处断裂了。来自辞典例句

5 shears
n.大剪刀
参考例句：
These garden shears are lightweight and easy to use.这些园丁剪刀又轻又好用。 With a few quick snips of the shears he pruned the bush.他用大剪刀几下子就把灌木给修剪好了。

6 writhing
（因极度痛苦而）扭动或翻滚( writhe的现在分词 )
参考例句：
She was writhing around on the floor in agony. 她痛得在地板上直打滚。 He was writhing on the ground in agony. 他痛苦地在地上打滚。

7 shearer
n.剪羊毛的人；剪切机
参考例句：
A bad shearer never had a good sickle. 拙匠无利器。来自《简明英汉词典》 Eventually, Shearer lost faith, dropping him to the bench. 最终，希勒不再信任他，把他换下场。来自互联网

8 outlay
n.费用，经费，支出；v.花费
参考例句：
There was very little outlay on new machinery.添置新机器的开支微乎其微。 The outlay seems to bear no relation to the object aimed at.这费用似乎和预期目的完全不相称。

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