THE WILD BOAR AND THE FOX

A Wild Boar was engaged in whetting his tusks upon the trunk of a tree in the forest when a Fox came by and, seeing what he was at, said to him, “Why are you doing that, pray? The huntsmen are not out to-day, and there are no other dangers at hand that I can see.” “True, my friend,” replied the Boar, “but the instant my life is in danger I shall need to use my tusks. There'll be no time to sharpen them then.”

野猪和狐狸

有一只野猪正在林子中一棵树的树干上磨牙，这时一只狐狸走了过来，看到他在做的事情，对他说：“请问你为什么要这么做呢？今天猎人又没有出来，我可看不到有什么危险啊。”野猪回答说：“你说得没错，朋友，但是遇到危险我就立刻需要用到我的獠牙，那时候可没有工夫磨牙啊。”