双语寓言故事（三百一十三）

The Spider and the Bee

The merchant brought out some pieces of cloth, which were of the finest quality. As soon as he took it out, he was robbed by a group of people. It can't be said that the businessman's business is not good. There was almost as much excitement in his shop as there was in a great assembly.

When the spider saw all this, he thought to himself what a shrewd merchant he must have felt the pulse of the market by now.

When a spider begins to spin its own web, it sells something of its own. All day long he worked diligently on his web, never stopping to rest even a minute. "Very well," he thought, "as soon as it is daylight, I am sure the customers will gather around me."

It is day. But then tragedy struck. Out of nowhere, a broom appeared, just a gentle touch on the web, the spider spent a day and a night of work so gone.

'It's impossible! "There is no justice in that. Let us ask the world whether they prefer my web or the merchant's cloth.

"Spider webs are beautiful, of course!" "Replied the busy bee. "I knew it. But, I want to ask you, what good is a spider's web if it's beautiful? It's not a garment to wear, and it's not warm."

It's not that no one appreciates us. It's that we need to better ourselves and put our talents to good use.

蜘蛛和蜜蜂

商人拿出来几匹布，这些布的质量都是上等的。这不，他刚拿出来，就被一群人一抢而光了，不能不说这个商人的生意不好啊。他的店铺里热闹得简直就像一个大集会似的。

蜘蛛看到这番景象的时候,心里就想，这该是一个多么精明的商人啊，他现在一定已经把市场的脉搏摸清楚了。

蜘蛛开始织自己的网，它也要推销自己的东西。一整天它都勤勤恳恳地织网，总不肯停下来休息一分钟。“好极了，” 它想，“天一亮，我相信，顾客一定都来围着我了！”

天亮了。可是，悲剧发生了。不知道从哪里冒出来一把扫帚，只是对着蜘蛛网轻轻地一抹，耗费了蜘蛛一天一夜的心血就这样没了。

“真是不可理喻！” 它说道，“这简直就没有什么公平可言。来问问世人吧，他们究竟是喜欢我的蜘蛛网呢，,还是喜欢商人的布呢？”

“当然是蜘蛛网漂亮了！” 忙候的蜜蜂答道。“我早就知道。但是，我想问问你，蜘蛛网很漂亮又有什么用呢？它既不能当衣服穿，又不能避寒取暖呀。”

并不是没人赏识我们，而是我们要使自己变得更加优秀，并把自己的才能用到正确的地方。