陳蕙雅思教材 - 伊索寓言 (The Fawn and His Father)

The Fawn and His Father 小鹿與他的父親

A YOUNG FAWN once said to his Father, "You are larger than a  dog, and swifter, and more used to running, and you haveyour   horns as a defense; why, then, O Father! do the houndsfrighten  you so?"  He smiled, and said: "I knowfull well, my son, that all you say  is true. I have the advantagesyou mention, but when I hear even  the bark of a single dog I feelready to faint, and fly away as  fast as I can."  
No arguments will give courage to the coward.

   有一天，小鹿對公鹿說道，“父親，你怎麼還怕狗呢？你比他高大，比他跑得更快，而 且還有很大的角用於自衛。”公鹿笑著說：“孩兒，你說得都對，可我只知道一點，一聽到 狗的叫聲，我就會不由自主地立刻逃跑。”  
這故事說明，激勵那些天生膽小、軟弱的人毫無用處。