The Rivers and the Tanners
Level 2 · Fables · 寓言故事 · 40 vocabulary words
Source: 《伊索寓言》 · Aesop's Fables
几条小河一起去找大海,说:大海,我们的水本来是甜的,进了你就变苦了。
Some small rivers went to the sea complaining: our water is sweet, in you it turns bitter.
大海说:那就不要到我这里来。
The sea said: then don't come to me.
小河们说:我们也没有办法,所有的水最后都要到你这里来。
The rivers said: we have no choice, all water ends in you.
大海说:这就是命。到了我这里,就得变成我。
The sea said: that is fate. What reaches me becomes me.