伊索寓言百灵鸟和小鸟的故事

伊索寓言百灵鸟和小鸟的故事百灵鸟和小鸟的故事

早春时节，一只百灵鸟飞到嫩绿色的麦田做巢。小百灵们的羽毛慢慢地丰满了，力气也渐渐地长足了。有一天，麦田的主人见到已成熟的麦子，便说：「收割的时候到了，我一定要去请所有的邻居来帮助收穫。」一只小百灵鸟听到这话后，便赶忙告诉她妈妈，并问该搬到甚么地方去住。百灵鸟说：「孩子，他并不是真的急切要收穫，只是想请他的邻居来帮他的忙。」几天过后，那主人又来了，看到麦子熟透得掉了下来，急切地说：「明天我自己带上家里的帮工和可能雇到的人来收穫。」百灵鸟听到这些话后，便向小鸟们说：「现在我们该搬家了，因为主人这一次真的急起来了。他不再依赖邻居，而要自己亲自动手干。」

这是说不寄希望於外力，而是自己亲自动手干，这才是真正下决心了。

百灵鸟和小鸟的英文版

A LARK had made her nest in the early spring on the young green wheat. The brood had almost grown to their full

strength and attained the use of their wings and the full plumage of their feathers, when the owner of the field, looking over his ripe crop, said, "The time has come when I must ask all my neighbors to help me with my harvest." One of the young Larks heard his speech and related it to his mother, inquiring of her to what place they should move for safety. "There is no occasion to move yet, my son," she replied; "the man who only sends to his friends to help him with his harvest is not really in earnest." The owner of the field came again a few days later and saw the wheat shedding the grain from excess of ripeness. He said, "I will come myself tomorrow with my laborers, and with as many reapers as I can hire, and will get in the harvest." The Lark on hearing these words said to her brood, "It is time now to be off, my little ones, for the man is in earnest this time; he no longer trusts his friends, but will reap the field himself."

Self-help is the best help.

相关阅读拓展：百灵鸟

百灵鸟是鸟纲雀形目百灵属的总称。是草原的代表性鸟类，属于小型鸣禽，往往边飞边鸣，由于飞得很高，人们往往只闻其声，不见其踪。百灵鸟生活于干旱山地、荒漠、草地或岩石上，

非繁殖期多结群生活，常作短距离低飞或奔跑，取食昆虫和草籽。由于叫声清脆，“小百灵”也成为声音甜美好听的代名词。颜色丰富多彩，有红色，蓝色等等。

百灵鸟成年时体形较小，长190mm，重约30g。栗红色的额头是雄性百灵鸟的特点，它的头部和后颈也拥有和额头一样的颜色，眉毛和眼眶周围白而发棕的毛色更是好看。它的眉毛最有特点，眉纹一直长到了枕部。百灵鸟背部和腰部主要呈栗褐色，翅膀外侧的羽毛呈黑褐色，以栗褐色为主色的尾部边缘稍有发白。胸前有两个对称的黑斑条纹，正好和胸部以上的部分连接起来。额头部分和喉咙处都长有白色的羽毛，正好和身体以下棕白色的毛色衬托起来。