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1、Thehesitatingfox优柔寡断的狐狸Onecoldwinternight,afoxwokeupfromhissleepfellingverythirsty.Helookedoutofhisfoxholetoseewhattheweatherwaslike.Ithadstoppedsnowingbutnoweverythingoutsidewaswhiteandfrozen,andverycoldindeed.Thefoxshookhimselfandwentoutintothedarkc

2、oldnight.Heknewthatthelakewouldbefrozenbuttherewassuretobeadrinkingholeortwofromwhichhecouldhaveadrink.Hereachedthelakeandwashappytofindthatonlypartofthelakewasfrozen.Sohesatattheedgeofthefrozenpartandlappedupthewater.Allwaswellandgooduntilhehaddrunkh

3、isfillandwasreadytoleave.Thenhehadashock.Hislovelybushyredtailwasfrozenandstucktotheice!Ifhehadpulledreallyhard,hewouldhavebeenfree.Buthedidnotwanttolosethebeautifulwhitehairsatthetipofhistail.Helovedhistailverymuch.Hethoughtitwastheprettiesttailafoxc

4、ouldeverhave.“I’llwaitforawhile,”thoughtthefox.“Maybetheicewillthawsoonandthenmytailwillbefreeagain.”Hewasnotatallworried.Themenwereallstillasleepandhewassafeuntildawn.Thefoxsatontheiceandwaitedpatiently.Soontheskybegantogetlighter.Helookedathistailan

5、dtriedtowriggleit.Butnowthewholetailwasfrozentotheice!Thepoorfoxwasfrightenednow.Onceitwasdawn,themenwouldcometothelakeandheknewthattheylikedtohuntfoxes.Thefoxheardvoices.Somepeoplewerecomingtowardsthelake!Hewasterrifiedbuthecouldnotmove.Justthenawolf

6、happenedtoberunningandthefoxcalledouttohimforhelp.Thewolflookedatthefox’stail.Heknewhowtofreethepoorfox.Heimmediatelywentuptothefoxandbitoffhiswholetail.Thepoorfox,nowhehadnotailbuthecouldescape.Heranasfastashecouldtillhesafelyreachedhisfoxhole.Thefox

7、hadlosthiswholebeautifulbushyredtailallbecausehehadnotwantedtolosethefewwhitehairsonthetipofhistail.[译文]一个寒冬的晚上，狐狸从睡梦中醒来，觉得非常口渴。他朝洞穴外望去，想看看天气怎么样。这时雪已经停了，可是外面冰天雪地，十分寒冷。尽管如此，狐狸还是抖擞了一下身子，朝洞穴外那寒冷黑暗的夜色走去。他知道湖水已冻结成冰，但却相信肯定能找到一两处未冻结的水源。他来到湖边，果然发现只是部分湖水结了冰，他非

8、常高兴，于是坐在结冰处的边缘添水来喝。一切进展顺利——他舔够了，解了渴。正想起身时，赫然发现他那美丽而浓密的红尾巴的末端已结冰了，而且紧粘在结了冰的湖面上。他原来可以用力将尾巴的末端从冰中扯开，脱离困境的。然而他并不想这么做，因为他害怕失去长在尾巴末端的那撮漂亮的白毛。他一向爱惜它的尾巴。他认为自己的尾巴是最美丽的狐狸尾巴。“我要是等一会儿”狐狸心想，“也许冰很快就会融化，那时我的尾巴就有救了。”他一点都不担心，因为人们还在熟睡之中，至少黎明前他是安全的。狐狸就坐在结冰的湖上耐心的