Aesop BBC的伊索寓言40故事37 the_too_fat_fox.pdf

Aesop BBC的伊索寓言40故事37 the_too_fat_fox.pdf简介：
37. THE TOO FAT FOXBy Nicky GrischottiA bitter wind blew the last leaves from the trees as Fox made his way �across the fields in search of food.The lake had been frozen for weeks and the livestock were tucked up safe and warm in the farmer's win-ter barns. Fox couldn't remember when he had last eaten. His skinny ribs stuck through his patchy, moth-eaten coat, his teeth chat- tered and the hard frosty ground �hurt his paws as he walked.'Not a chicken, not a bird, not a puny little rabbit…not a scrap of food for a fox to eat…I shall surely die of cold and hunger,' he mut-tered miserably as he huddled up against a gnarled old tree trunk for �shelter.Earlier that morning, not far from where our Fox was crouching, Mrs Tom Cobbler was busy fussing around her husband and shooing �him out of the farmhouse.'Here's yer shopping list Mr Tom Cobbler - one nice, juicy leg of pork, 2 kilos of potatoes, half a bag of carrots, 2 onions and some big, �firm cooking apples for our Sunday �lunch. Now dont you go forgetting �anything Mr Tom Cobbler. Youre the most forgetful man I ever knew!' and she waved a dishcloth �at him.'Yars, Mrs Tom Cobbler…er I mean… no dear, I wont forget.' And he stuffed the shopping list in his trou- ser pocket and walked off to market.It was a long, cold walk to market and it was a long, hard walk back with his rucksack full of his wife's Sunday shopping.Mr Tom Cobbler decided to sit down for a moment's rest beside a tree. (The very tree our Mr Fox was going to huddle close too later on.)After his rest and before he set off down the lane he looked about for a place to hide his shopping bag �and saw a hollow in the tree trunk.1�Ah, that�ll do, he said. �That�ll keep it safe from foxes – that hole�s far too small for a plump ol� fox to climb through.� And off he tramped �������������������������f�������.Well…what a nice surprise for our Mr Fox crouching beside that very �����������������������������.����� sly foxy nose began to twitch…and 展开>>

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