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The Story of the Wolf and the Lamb: The Excuses of the Strong
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yǒuyí gè一个yī suǒ yù yán伊索寓言jiǎngdeshìlángxiǎoyáng

There is an Aesop's fable about a wolf and a lamb.

xiǎoyángzàihé biān河边shuǐlángláileshuōxiǎoyángshuǐnòng zāng弄脏le

The lamb was drinking water by the river when the wolf came and said the lamb had dirtied the water.

xiǎoyángshuōshuǐshìcónglángnà biān那边liúguò lái过来dekě néng可能nòng zāng弄脏

The lamb said the water flowed from the wolf's side, so it couldn't be dirty.

lángtīnghái shì还是yàochī diào吃掉xiǎoyáng

The wolf didn't listen and still wanted to eat the lamb.

zhè gè这个gù shì故事gào sù告诉wǒ men我们yǒu shí hòu有时候qiángzhěhuìzhǎogè zhǒng各种lǐ yóu理由qī fù欺负ruòzhě

This story tells us that sometimes the strong find all kinds of reasons to bully the weak.

xiàn zài现在yǒu xiē有些guó jiā国家xiànglángyī yàng一样yòngbù tóng不同dejiè kǒu借口gōng jī攻击bié de别的guó jiā国家bǐ rú shuō比如说duì fāng对方yǒuwēi xiǎn危险zhī chí支持huài rén坏人huò zhě或者yǐng xiǎng影响dì qū地区ān quán安全

Nowadays, some countries are like wolves, attacking other countries with different excuses, such as saying the other side is dangerous, supports bad people, or threatens regional security.

qí shí其实zhè xiē这些lǐ yóu理由cháng cháng常常bú shì不是zhēn de真的zhǐ shì只是wèi le为了ràngzì jǐ自己kàn qǐ lái看起来yǒu dào lǐ有道理

In fact, these reasons are often not true; they are just to make themselves look reasonable.

yǐ sè liè以色列yī lǎng伊朗dechōng tū冲突jiù shì就是zhè yàng这样tā men他们hù xiāng互相gōng jī攻击hěnduōwú gū无辜derénshòu shāng受伤

The conflict between Israel and Iran is like this; they attack each other, and many innocent people get hurt.

zhàn zhēng战争rànghěnduōrénshī qù失去jiā yuán家园rànghěnduōguó jiā国家biàn dé变得ān quán安全

War causes many people to lose their homes and makes many countries unsafe.

wǒ men我们yīng gāi应该míng bái明白zhàn zhēng战争méi yǒu没有yíng jiā赢家zhǐ yǒu只有gèngduōdetòng kǔ痛苦

We should understand that war has no winners, only more suffering.

wǒ men我们yàoxué huì学会fēn biàn分辨zhēn jiǎ真假bú yào不要bèijiǎlǐ yóu理由piànlezhè yàng这样shì jiè世界cáihuìgènghé píng和平

We need to learn to tell truth from lies and not be fooled by false excuses, so the world can be more peaceful.

By Irshad Ahmad Mughal / Pressenza|CC BY 4.0|Modified & AI-assisted
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