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The Bat and the Weasels
A bat who fell upon the ground and was caught by a weasel pleaded to be spared his life. The weasel refused, saying that he was by nature the enemy of all birds. The bat assured him that he was not a bird, but a mouse, and thus was set free. Shortly afterwards the bat again fell to the ground and was caught by another weasel, whom he likewise entreated not to eat him. The weasel said that he had a special hostility to mice. The bat assured him that he was not a mouse, but a bat, and thus a second time escaped.
Fell upon/on: 坠落，跌落在…之上
例句：
Snow has fallen upon the mountain.
山上落满了雪。
Spare one’s life: 饶某人一命，赦免
The king spared the man’s life by mercy.
国王出于慈悲赦免了那个罪臣。
Assure：确保，使信服
Before going to bed, she assured herself that the door was locked.
她确信门已经锁好了才去睡觉的。
Set free：释放
Breathing it, he felt as if he was set free from a cage.
呼吸着空气，他感觉自己像是被人从牢笼释放出来一般。
译文：
一只掉落在地上的蝙蝠被黄鼠狼给抓到了，它乞求黄鼠狼放了它。黄鼠狼拒绝了它，并说他是所有鸟类的天敌。蝙蝠便努力的说服黄鼠狼它不是一只鸟，他只不过是一只老鼠而已，因此黄鼠狼就放了它。不久之后，蝙蝠又掉落了下来，被另一只黄鼠狼抓到了。蝙蝠又像之前一样请求黄鼠狼不要吃它。黄鼠狼说它特别讨厌老鼠。蝙蝠就努力的让黄鼠狼相信它不是一只老鼠，只是一只蝙蝠而已。因此，蝙蝠又一次逃脱了。