原文：

一屠晚归，担中肉尽，止有剩骨。途中两狼，缀行甚远。

屠惧，投以骨。一狼得骨止，一狼仍从。复投之，后狼止而前狼又至。骨已尽矣，而两浪之并驱如故。

屠大窘，恐前后受其敌。顾野有麦场，场主积薪其中，苫蔽成丘。屠乃奔倚其下，弛担持刀。狼不敢前，眈眈相向。

少时，一狼径去，其一犬坐于前。久之，目似瞑，意暇甚。屠暴起，以刀劈狼首，又数刀毙(之。方欲行，转视积薪后，一狼洞其中，意将隧入以攻其后也。身已半入，止露尻尾。屠自后断其股，亦毙之。乃悟前狼假寐，盖以诱敌。

狼亦黠矣，而顷刻两毙，禽兽之变诈几何哉？止增笑耳。

中文翻译：

有个屠户天晚回家，担子里的肉已经卖完了，只剩下一些骨头。路上遇到两只狼，紧随着走了很远。

屠户害怕了，拿起一块骨头扔过去。一只狼得到骨头停下了，另一只狼仍然跟着。屠户又拿起一块骨头扔过去，后得到骨头的那只狼停下了，可是先得到骨头的那只狼又跟上来。骨头已经扔完了，两只狼像原来一样一起追赶。

屠户很窘迫，恐怕前后一起受到狼的攻击。看见野地里有一个打麦场，场主人把柴草堆在打麦场里，覆盖成小山似的。屠户于是奔过去倚靠在柴草堆下面，放下担子拿起屠刀。两只狼都不敢向前，瞪眼朝着屠户。

过了一会儿，一只狼径直走开，另一只狼像狗似的蹲坐在前面。时间长了，那只狼的眼睛似乎闭上了，神情悠闲得很。屠户突然跳起来，用刀劈狼的脑袋，又连砍几刀把狼杀死。屠户正要上路，转到柴草堆后面一看，只见另一只狼正在柴草堆里打洞，想要钻过去从背后对屠户进行攻击。狼的身子已经钻进一半，只有屁股和尾巴露在外面。屠户从后面砍断了狼的后腿，也把狼杀死。这才明白前面的那只狼假装睡觉，原来是用来诱惑敌方的。

狼也太狡猾了，可是一会儿两只狼都被砍死，禽兽的欺骗手段能有多少呢？只不过给人增加笑料罢了。

英文翻译：

一屠晚归，担中肉尽，止有剩骨。途中两狼，缀行甚远。

The other day, a butcher went home in the evening with all the meat sold out and only some bones left in his shoulder pole. Two wolves, tempted by what he had, went after him on his way in some distance.

屠惧，投以骨。一狼得骨止，一狼仍从。复投之，后狼止而前狼又至。骨已尽矣，而两狼之并驱如故。屠大窘，恐前后受其敌。顾野有麦场，场主积薪其中，苫蔽成丘。屠乃奔倚其下，弛担持刀。狼不敢前，眈眈相向。

Being afraid, the butcher got some bones and threw them to the wolves. One of them stopped for it. But the other continued to follow him to demand his own share. His request was satisfied. And the first wolf, after finishing his share, came again and wanted more. At last, the butcher offered all the bones, yet the wolves were not intended to leave him alone. The butcher was extremely anxious, in dread of being attacked front and rear.

Now there was in the field a threshing floor on which stood a heap of wood, covered with dry grass. The butcher therefore ran to it and leaned his body on it. Putting down the shoulder pole and taking out a knife, he was ready to have a fight for his survival. And the wolves seemed to be threatened. They stayed in a distance, gazing at him.

少时，一狼径去，其一犬坐于前。久之，目似瞑，意暇甚。屠暴起，以刀劈狼首，又数刀毙之。方欲行，转视积薪后，一狼洞其中，意将隧入以攻其后也。身已半入，止露尻尾。屠自后断其股，亦毙之。乃悟前狼假寐，盖以诱敌。

Shortly afterward, one of the wolves unexpectedly went away. The other one, however, sat right in front of the butcher with his eyes closed, just like a relaxed dog. Realizing his chance had come, the butcher suddenly jumped toward the wolf and gave a big hack on his head. And he continued to do that for a while to make sure the wolf was perfectly killed. When the butcher was to leave, he got a glimpse of the other wolf digging a hole right behind the heap, intending to attack him rear. Fortunately, the brute only managed to get half of his body in the hole, leaving his bottom and tail outside. So the butcher hacked it into two pieces without any hesitation. Then the scale fell from his eyes: the first wolf he killed had been pretending to sleep in order to distract him.

狼亦黠矣，而顷刻两毙，禽兽之变诈几何哉？止增笑耳。

How much is a brute crafty? A brute is a brute. Even the most deceitful wolves can be defeated within a minute.

————————

有几点需要注意：

1.晚归的意思是晚上回家，不是回家很晚，这是特别需要注意的。

2. 担子用shoulder pole 或者 carrying pole 来表达。

3. 屠户的英文是butcher，并非slaughter.