The Wolf, the Nanny-Goat, and The Kid
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   A Nanny-goat went out to fill her empty milk bag
And graze newly sprung grass, 
She fastened the latch1 tight,
Warned her Kid saying: 
"Do not, upon your life,
Open the door unless  you are  shown
This sign and told this password: 
'Plague on the wolf and his breed!' "
As she was saying these words,
The Wolf by chance  prowling around,
  Overheard the spoken words
And kept them in his memory.
Nanny-Goat, as one can well believe,
Had not seen the glutton2 beast.
As soon as she departs, he changes his voice
And in a counterfeit4 tone 
He asks to be let in, saying: "Plague on the Wolf,"
Believing he'd go right in.
The  canny5 Kid looks through the crack,
"Show me your white paw, else I'll not open."
He shouted at once. (White paw is a thing
Seldom  seen in wolfdom, as everyone knows.)
This Wolf, aghast  upon hearing these words,
Went  slinking home the same way he had come.

Where would the Kid be now, had he believed
The password, which by chance
Our Wolf had overheard?

Two guarantees are  better than one,
Even a third one would not be extreme.

Better be sure than sorry

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  Le Loup, la Chèvre et le Chevreau

La Bique allant remplir sa traînante mamelle
Et paître l'herbe nouvelle,
Ferma sa porte au loquet,
Non sans dire6 à son Biquet :
Gardez-vous sur votre vie
D'ouvrir que l'on ne vous die,
Pour enseigne et mot du guet :
Foin du Loup et de sa race !
Comme elle disait ces mots,
Le Loup de fortune passe ;
Il les recueille à propos,
Et les garde en sa mémoire.
La Bique, comme on peut croire,
N'avait pas vu le glouton.
Dès qu'il la voit partie, il contrefait son ton,
Et d'une voix papelarde
Il demande qu'on ouvre, en disant Foin du Loup,
Et croyant entrer tout7 d'un coup8.
Le Biquet soupçonneux par3 la fente regarde.
Montrez-moi patte blanche, ou je n'ouvrirai point,
S'écria-t-il d'abord. (Patte blanche est un point
Chez les Loups, comme on sait, rarement en usage.)
Celui-ci, fort surpris d'entendre ce langage,
Comme il était venu s'en retourna chez soi.
Où serait le Biquet s'il eût ajouté foi
Au mot du guet, que de fortune
Notre Loup avait entendu ?
Deux sûretés valent mieux qu'une,
Et le trop en cela ne fut jamais perdu.


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1 latch g2wxS     
n.门闩,窗闩;弹簧锁
参考例句:
  • She laid her hand on the latch of the door.她把手放在门闩上。
  • The repairman installed an iron latch on the door.修理工在门上安了铁门闩。
2 glutton y6GyF     
n.贪食者,好食者
参考例句:
  • She's a glutton for work.She stays late every evening.她是个工作狂,每天都很晚才下班。
  • He is just a glutton.He is addicted to excessive eating.他就是个老饕,贪吃成性。
3 par OK0xR     
n.标准,票面价值,平均数量;adj.票面的,平常的,标准的
参考例句:
  • Sales of nylon have been below par in recent years.近年来尼龙织品的销售额一直不及以往。
  • I don't think his ability is on a par with yours.我认为他的能力不能与你的能力相媲美。
4 counterfeit 1oEz8     
vt.伪造,仿造;adj.伪造的,假冒的
参考例句:
  • It is a crime to counterfeit money.伪造货币是犯罪行为。
  • The painting looked old but was a recent counterfeit.这幅画看上去年代久远,实际是最近的一幅赝品。
5 canny nsLzV     
adj.谨慎的,节俭的
参考例句:
  • He was far too canny to risk giving himself away.他非常谨慎,不会冒险暴露自己。
  • But I'm trying to be a little canny about it.但是我想对此谨慎一些。
6 dire llUz9     
adj.可怕的,悲惨的,阴惨的,极端的
参考例句:
  • There were dire warnings about the dangers of watching too much TV.曾经有人就看电视太多的危害性提出严重警告。
  • We were indeed in dire straits.But we pulled through.那时我们的困难真是大极了,但是我们渡过了困难。
7 tout iG7yL     
v.推销,招徕;兜售;吹捧,劝诱
参考例句:
  • They say it will let them tout progress in the war.他们称这将有助于鼓吹他们在战争中的成果。
  • If your case studies just tout results,don't bother requiring registration to view them.如果你的案例研究只是吹捧结果,就别烦扰别人来注册访问了。
8 coup co5z4     
n.政变;突然而成功的行动
参考例句:
  • The monarch was ousted by a military coup.那君主被军事政变者废黜了。
  • That government was overthrown in a military coup three years ago.那个政府在3年前的军事政变中被推翻。
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