中國成語寓言故事107:The Guizhou Donkey Exhausts Its Tricks黔驢技窮(雙語)
As the legend goes, in the area of Qian (now Guizhou Province) there were no donkeys. Later, a meddlesome man transported one by boat from somewhere else, but he found it of no use. So he left the donkey at the foot of a mountain and let it do as it pleased.
相傳，黔(現貴州)一帶沒有驢子。后來，有個喜歡多事的人，用船從外地運來了一頭驢子，可是派不了什么用場。這個人只好把它放在山下，隨它去了。
A tiger in the mountain, which had never seen a donkey before, thought this huge monster was a divine beast and was rather scared. Hence, the tiger hid itself in the woods and observed the donkey covertly. After a while, seeing the donkey stand there without movement, the tiger came out of the woods slowly, approached it cautiously, but couldn't figure out yet what monster it was.
山中，有只老虎，初次看到驢子，以為這個龐然大物是頭神獸，很害怕。于是，它躲在樹林里偷偷地觀察。過了一些時候，它見驢子沒有什么舉動，就慢慢地走出樹林，小合翼翼地向驢子靠近，可是還是沒有弄清楚它是個什么怪物。
One day, while the tiger was observing, the donkey suddenly gave a loud cry, which frightened the tiger so much that it took to its heels, for fear that the donkey would devour it. Yet when turning its head, it discovered that the donkey was still at the same place, without stirring a bit. The tiger again slowly approached the donkey, gradually got used to its neighs and felt it wasn't frightful at all.
有一天，老虎正在觀察它，驢子突然大聲嘶叫，嚇得老虎拔腿就逃，以為驢子要吃它。然而回過頭來，卻發現驢子還在原地，沒有什么動靜。于是，老虎就慢慢地靠近驢子。漸漸地，老虎習慣了驢子的嘶叫聲，覺得并沒有什么可怕.
The tiger came nearer and nearer, and even tried to tease the donkey at times with its paws. Being very much annoyed, the donkey gave the tiger a good kick. Thus, the tiger felt very pleased and said to itself:
老虎越靠越近，還試著用爪子不時去戲弄驢子。驢子很氣憤，就狠狠地踢了老虎一腳。老虎因而十分高興，心里暗暗地說:
"So that's all the tricks it has."
“原來，這家伙只有這么一點本事。”
The tiger gave a big roar, jumped up and pounced ferociously upon the donkey, bit into its throat, devoured its flesh, and went away satisfied.
老虎大吼一聲，跳起來，猛撲到驢子身上，咬斷了它的喉嚨，吃掉了它的肉，心滿意足地離去了。
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