放生故事 第三只狐貍

1、放生故事: 第三只狐貍THE THIRD FOX第三只狐貍Wang Huonan was a rich man in Huainan. His family made their fortune running a pawnshop. Business was great. They needed more warehouse space， so they bought up some of the empty houses around their pawnshop to use as warehouses.In one of the empty houses， they surprised

2、 a litter of three little foxes. The workmen chased them away， but that wouldnt do for Wang Huonan.王獲楠是淮南的一個(gè)財(cái)主。他開了一家當(dāng)鋪。生意十分興隆。由于需要擴(kuò)大倉(cāng)庫(kù)，他買下了當(dāng)鋪周圍的一些空房子當(dāng)作庫(kù)房。在其中的一間空房子里，住著三只狐貍，它們被驚動(dòng)了?；镉?jì)們想把這窩狐貍趕走就算了，可是王獲楠另有心機(jī)。Therell be no end of trouble if we let them get away！ Kill them all！ They killed two of the litt

3、le foxes， but one of them escaped.要是讓它們跑了，以后會(huì)有很多麻煩的！把它們?nèi)珰⒘耍』镉?jì)們殺死了兩只小狐貍，但是另一只卻逃走了。From then on， the Wangs never had a days peace. Things disappeared， other things broke mysteriously， nothing could be found where it belonged. Everybody said the third fox was behind all of this.從那以后，王家就再?zèng)]有過一天的安生日子。有的東西

4、不翼而飛，還有的東西被莫名其妙地弄壞了，所有的東西都不在原來的位置了。大家都說這一定是第三只狐貍干的。In the winter of 1815， a fire broke out， in their warehouses， for no apparent reason. Fortunately， it was discovered in time so the damage was not too serious. Wang Huonan had a sorcerer exorcise the property， but a few months later there was anothe

5、r fire. Everybody knows how tricky foxes are， and if one sets its mind to mischief， theres no end of trouble.在1815年的冬天，倉(cāng)庫(kù)無緣無故著了火。幸好人們及時(shí)發(fā)現(xiàn)，損失不算很大。王獲楠請(qǐng)了一個(gè)法師給家里驅(qū)邪，但是幾個(gè)月以后又著火了。大家都知道狐貍是很機(jī)靈的，如果它決意要捉弄人的話，麻煩就會(huì)不斷。Finally， some years and endless trouble later， Wang decided to sell the warehouses and be done w

6、ith it. Zhen， a local rich man who also needed warehouses， inspected the property. They agreed on a fair price， 40，000 pieces of gold， and on a date to sign the contract and close the deal.就這樣折騰了好幾年，王獲楠終于決定把這些倉(cāng)庫(kù)賣掉，并且找到了買主。一位姓甄的財(cái)主正需要倉(cāng)庫(kù)，他來看了這些房子。兩人談妥了一個(gè)公平的價(jià)錢，4萬塊金幣，并商量好了合同簽字的日子。The day before they were

7、 to sign the contract， the Zhens heard a voice telling them， This is a feud between Wang and me. It doesnt have anything to do with you， so youd better keep out of it. They couldnt tell where the voice was coming from， but Mr. Zhen was convinced that he ought to look elsewhere for a warehouse.就在簽字的前

8、一天，甄財(cái)主家聽到一個(gè)聲音對(duì)他們說話。這是王獲楠和我之間的恩怨。和你們一點(diǎn)關(guān)系也沒有，所以你們最好不要插手。甄家的人不知道聲音是從哪兒來的，不過甄財(cái)主還是堅(jiān)信找別的地方的庫(kù)房更好些。All my wealth is going up in flames！ This is the cry that woke up the rest of the Wangs one night during March， 1841. He rushed out of his bedroom without even putting on his pants or shoes.我的家產(chǎn)都被燒掉了！1841年三月的一

9、個(gè)晚上，王獲楠的喊聲驚醒了其他的人。王獲楠沖出了臥房，連褲子和鞋都沒穿。Somehow， a fire had started in the kitchen and spread to the warehouses. By the time the family was awake， all of the warehouses were on fire， and by morning，they had burned to the ground.不知何故，廚房里著了火，火勢(shì)蔓延到了庫(kù)房。當(dāng)全家人醒來時(shí)，所有的庫(kù)房都起火了，到了第二天早上，庫(kù)房成了廢墟。The third fox had fina

10、lly taken its revenge.那第三只狐貍終于報(bào)了仇。Animals may not have the intelligence of human beings， but they remember who has been nice to them， and who has hurt them. Clever animals like foxes may even plot revenge with single- minded determination. They cannot be persuaded by reason， and even a skillful sorc

11、erer may not be able to quell them.動(dòng)物也許不像人那樣聰明，可是它們知道誰對(duì)自己好，誰傷害了自己。一些像狐貍這樣聰明的動(dòng)物甚至?xí)F了心地設(shè)計(jì)復(fù)仇。什么也勸阻不了它們的復(fù)仇行動(dòng)，甚至有道行的法師也無法把它們鎮(zhèn)住。The only way to reach such a soul is through penitence and mercy. Wang should have repented killing those foxes， and proved his sincerity by doing good deeds and killing nothing， Then， if he had been able to tell the fox the Buddhist dharmas that explain the balance and nature of the universe， they could have patched up their quarrel and become friends and avoided this dis