돌고래와 고래와 청어

돌고래들은 고래들과 다투었고, 얼마 지나지 않아 서로 싸우기 시작했습니다. 

싸움은 매우 격렬했고, 한동안 끝날 기미가 보이지 않자, 청어 한 마리가 어쩌면 싸움을 멈출 수 있을지도 모른다고 생각하여 개입하여 돌고래들에게 싸움을 포기하고 친구를 사귀자고 설득했습니다. 

그러나 돌고래 중 한 마리가 그에게 경멸조로 말했습니다. 

"너 같은 청어를 통해서 화해하느니 차라리 모두 죽을 때까지 싸우는 게 낫겠다!"

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THE DOLPHINS, THE WHALES, AND THE SPRAT

 

The Dolphins quarrelled with the Whales, and before very long they began fighting with one another.

 

The battle was very fierce, and had lasted some time without any sign of coming to an end, when a Sprat
thought that perhaps he could stop it; so he stepped in and tried to persuade them to give up fighting and make friends. 

 

But one of the Dolphins said to him contemptuously, 

"We would rather go on fighting
till we're all killed than be reconciled by a Sprat like you!"