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33. The Farmer And The Cranes

Some Cranes made their feeding grou
nds on some plough lands newly sown with wheat. For a long time the Farmer, brandishing an empty sling, chased them away by the terror he inspired; but when the birds found that the sling was only swung in the air, they ceased to take a
ny notice of it, and would not move. The Farmer on seeing this, charged his sling with stones, and killed a great number. They at once forsook his plough-lands, and cried to each other, "It is time for us to be off to
Lilliput: for this man is no longer content to scare us, but begins to show us in earnest what he can do."

If words suffice not, blows must follow.
33. 农夫和鹳雀
有些鹳雀在新播下麦种的耕地上找食物。 农夫将一把弹石弓挥舞了好久,想用恐吓来驱赶它们;但是那些鹳雀见了那弹石弓只是虚张声势,他们便不在意,不想移动。 农夫见了,就把弓装上石子,打死了许多鹳雀。 它们立刻拋弃耕地,互相叫喊道:「现在我们应该到小人国去了;因为这个人不只是虚张声势,还有武力作后盾呢!」
空言不足,然必以攻击作后盾。



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