Aesop BBC的伊索寓言40故事12 the_donkey_in_the_lions_skin.pdf简介：
12. THE DONKEY IN THE LIONS SKINBy Jan PayneThere was once a foolish donkey who wished he was something else.If only I was a giraffe, he would say, 'then I could look over the tops of treesif only I was an elephant then I could remember where I left thingsif only I was a cheetah then I could run like the �windor fierce as a rhinoceros �or cunning as a crocodileor strong as a hippo. Anything was better than being a donkey. Everyone laughed at don- keys and he didnt like it one little bit.One day, when he was walking through the forest the donkey saw something draped over the branch of a tree. When he got closer he could see it was a lion costume.Id look good in that, he thought. So he put it on.It covered him from head to foot.The donkey found a pool and �looked at his reflection.I look magnificent, he said. He paraded up and down looking at his reflection from every angle. The massive head of the lion covered his donkeys head and the �lions golden mane flowed round his neck. I look like a lion and I feel like a lion, he said. No-one will laugh at me now. I am King of the beasts!The donkey couldnt wait to show himself to other animals. He walked up to a giraffe who was eating leaves from the top of a tall tree. She stopped when she saw the donkey and bent her long legs in a curtsy.Your Majesty, she said, in a fearful voice.Greetings, giraffe, said the donkey in a deep, lion-like voice. Wont you join me in a stroll?1I cant today, said the giraffe, I have to get tea for my children.And she ran away as quickly as she could.The donkey smiled to himself. He saw a hippo in the river.The hippo bowed his head when he saw the donkey.Your Majesty, he said, in hushed tones. Greetings hippo, said the donkey. Wont you join me in a stroll? I cant today, said the hippo. I have to call on a friend who is sick. And he sank out of sight.Inside the lion costume the donkey was grinning all over his face. H 展开>>

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