[이솝우화] 🧑‍🌾농부와 여우🦊 THE FARMER AND THE FOX 🧑‍🌾農夫とキツネ🦊

 

한 농부는 밤마다 마당에 기웃거리며 닭을 훔쳐 가는 여우 때문에 크게 성가셨다. 
그래서 덫을 놓아 여우를 잡았고, 복수하기 위해 꼬리에 삼실 뭉치를 묶어 불을 붙인 뒤 풀어주었다. 
그러나 불행히도 여우는 곧장 익어 수확을 앞둔 곡식밭으로 달려갔다. 
불은 순식간에 옮겨붙어 온 밭이 전부 타버렸고, 농부는 모든 수확을 잃고 말았다.

📌 교훈:
복수는 결국 자신에게도 상처를 입히는 양날의 검이다.

 

THE FARMER AND THE FOX

A Farmer was greatly annoyed by a Fox, which came prowling about his yard at night and carried off his fowls. 

So he set a trap for him and caught him; and in order to be revenged upon him, he tied a bunch of tow to his tail and set fire to it and let him go. 

As ill-luck would have it, however, the Fox made straight for the fields where the corn was standing ripe and ready for cutting. 

It quickly caught fire and was all burnt up, and the Farmer lost all his harvest.

    Revenge is a two-edged sword.

 

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🧑‍🌾農夫とキツネ🦊

ある農夫は、夜ごとに庭に忍び込み、鶏をさらっていくキツネにひどく悩まされていました。
そこで彼は罠を仕掛けてキツネを捕まえ、復讐するために尻尾に麻の房を縛りつけ、火をつけて放しました。
ところが不運にも、キツネはまっすぐ収穫を控えた穀物畑に走り込みました。
火はあっという間に燃え広がり、畑全体が焼け落ち、農夫は収穫をすべて失ってしまいました。

📌 教訓:
復讐は結局、自分自身をも傷つける両刃の剣である。