Aesop's Fables
Aesop (George Fyler Townsend 역, 1867) · 1867
짧은 동물 이야기 끝에 교훈 한 줄이 붙는 이솝 우화 300여 편. 19세기 영어 번역이라 문장이 길고 옛 낱말이 섞여 있어 중학생 이상에 맞습니다.
옛 낱말 · 옛 철자 · 옛 문장 꼴을 지금의 표준 영어로 바꾼 판입니다. 내용과 문단은 원문과 같습니다.
A Birdcatcher was about to sit down to a dinner of herbs when a friend unexpectedly came in. The bird trap was quite empty, as he had caught nothing, and he would have to kill a pied Partridge that he had tamed as a decoy. The bird entreated earnestly for his life: “What would you do without me the next time you spread your nets? Who would chirp you to sleep or call the covey of answering birds for you?” The Birdcatcher spared his life and determined to pick out a fine young Rooster whose comb was just growing in. But the Rooster expostulated in piteous tones from his perch: “If you kill me, who will announce to you the appearance of the dawn? Who will wake you to your daily tasks or tell you when it is time to visit the bird trap in the morning?” He replied, “What you say is true. You are an excellent bird at telling the time of day. But my friend and I must have our dinner.”
Necessity knows no law.
이 글은 저작권이 끝난 작품입니다(저자 1900년 사망 · 1867년 출판). 본문은 Project Gutenberg 의 평문을 바탕으로 옛 낱말 · 옛 철자 · 옛 문장 꼴을 지금의 표준 미국 영어로 다듬은 판이며, 내용과 문단은 원문과 같습니다. 원문은 원문 보기에서 읽을 수 있습니다.