A singing bird was confined in a cage which hung outside a window,and had a way of singing at night when all other birds were asleep.One night a Bat came and clung to the bars of the cage, and askedthe Bird why she was silent by day and sang only at night. "I have avery good reason for doing so," said the Bird. "It was once when I wassinging in the daytime that a fowler was attracted by my voice, andset his nets for me and caught me. Since then I have never sung exceptby night." But the Bat replied, "It is no use your doing that now whenyou are a prisoner: if only you had done so before you were caught,you might still have been free." |
"Precautions are useless after the crisis." 一只会唱歌的鸟被关在窗外挂着的笼子里,晚上其他鸟都睡着的时候,它还有唱歌的方式。一天晚上,一只球棒飞来,紧贴着笼子的栏杆,问小鸟为什么她白天沉默,只在晚上唱歌。“我有充分的理由这么做,”小鸟说。“有一次我在白天wassinging羽而归的时候,一个捕鸟人被我的声音吸引住了,为我布下了网,抓住了我。从那以后我就再也没有唱过除了夜场。"但是球棒回答说:“你现在做犯人的时候这么做是没有用的:如果你在被抓住之前就这么做了,你可能还是会自由的。"“危机过后预防措施没有用。" |