水牛和老虎

The Buffalo and the Tiger

There was once a farmer who had a buffalo who was made to work in the field.One day the farmer said to the buffalo， \"You are indeed a slow and lazy animal.Look at the tiger.How strong and fast it is.\"

The buffalo was angry and said， \"Master， take me to the tiger and we shall see who is stronger.\"

His master only laughed， but agreed to take the buffalo to meet the tiger.When the tiger saw the buffalo， he was happy and said to himself， \"Today I am going to have buffalo meat.\"

The buffalo said to the tiger， \"Mr. Tiger， my master thinks you are stronger than I am. Let us see if he is right. I shall let you bite me three times， but you must let me butt you three times in return.\"

The tiger agreed and the buffalo immediately wallowed in the mud and covered his body with mud and leaves.

Then the buffalo said to the tiger， \"Mr.Tiger， I am ready.\" The tiger at once pounced upon the buffalo， but he could not bite through the buffalo's thick skin and mud.

The buffalo said to the tiger，\"Well，it is my turn now.

Then he threw the tiger down with the first butt and killed it with the second.The farmer was surprised by what he saw and after that he became very kind to the buffalo.

曾經(jīng)有一個農(nóng)夫，養(yǎng)了一頭水牛，他讓水牛幫他在地里干活。一天，農(nóng)夫?qū)λＵf:“你真是又遲鈍又懶惰，看看老虎，他多強壯，多敏捷啊?！?/p>

水牛很生氣，說:“主人，你帶我去找老虎，我們比比看誰更強壯?！?/p>

他的主人只是放聲大笑，不過還是同意了帶水牛去見老虎。當(dāng)老虎看見水牛的時候，老虎很高興，自言自語道:“今天我可以吃水牛肉啦!”

水牛對老虎說:“老虎先生，我的主人覺得你比我強壯。我們看看他說的對不對。我可以讓你咬我三次，但作為交換，你必須讓我頂你三次?！?/p>

老虎同意了，水牛立即在泥地里翻了個滾，渾身都沾滿了泥和樹葉。

然后水牛對老虎說:“老虎先生，我準(zhǔn)備好了?！崩匣⒚蛽湓谒Ｉ砩希Р煌杆：窈竦钠ず退砩系哪?。

水牛對老虎說:“好了，現(xiàn)在輪到我了?！?/p>

接著水牛一角就把老虎頂?shù)沽?，第二角就把老虎頂死了。農(nóng)夫看到這一切，大為驚訝。從那以后，他就開始善待水牛了。