Italian short stories – Learning Italian through English
Aesop’s Fables – Il cinghiale e la volpe
A wild boar was scraping his tusks on a rock.
SCRAPE! SCRAPE! SCRAPE! He scraped through busily, slowly sharpening his tusks.
A fox was passing by and always wanted to make fun of his neighbours.
TranslateUn cinghiale si grattava le zanne su una roccia.
SCRAPE! SCRAPE! SCRAPE! Raschiò alacremente, affilandosi lentamente le zanne.
Passò una volpe che voleva sempre prendere in giro i suoi vicini.
He went near the boar and looked left, then he looked right, then he looked up, then he looked down. He looked frightened and then he laughed. He pretended as if he had seen a great enemy.
The boar did not care and just continued with its scraping.
SCRAPE! SCRAPE! SCRAPE! He scraped through busily, slowly sharpening his tusks.
TranslateSi avvicinò al cinghiale e guardò a sinistra, poi a destra, poi guardò in alto, poi guardò in basso. Sembrava spaventato e poi si mise a ridere. Finse di aver visto un grande nemico.
Al cinghiale non importava e continuava a raschiare.
SCRAPE! SCRAPE! SCRAPE! Si sfregò alacremente, affilando lentamente le zanne.
The fox jumped up and then crouched down. He looked frightened and then he laughed. He pretended as if he had seen a great enemy.
The boar did not care and just continued with its scraping.
SCRAPE! SCRAPE! SCRAPE! He scraped through busily, slowly sharpening his tusks.
TranslateLa volpe balzò in piedi e poi si accucciò. Sembrava spaventato e poi si mise a ridere. Finse di aver visto un grande nemico.
Al cinghiale non importava e continuava a raschiare.
SCRAPE! SCRAPE! SCRAPE! Raschiò alacremente, affilandosi lentamente le zanne.
The fox said, “Why are you sharpening your tusks, my friend. There is no danger nearby.”
The boar replied, “True. True. There may not be any danger now. But whenever there is danger, I will not have any time to sharpen my tusks. My tusks have to be sharp and strong or I will suffer.”
TranslateLa volpe disse: “Perché stai affilando le tue zanne, amico mio. Non c’è pericolo nelle vicinanze”.
Il cinghiale rispose: “Vero. Vero. Potrebbe non esserci alcun pericolo ora. Ma ogni volta che c’è pericolo, non avrò tempo per affilare le mie zanne. Le mie zanne devono essere affilate e forti o soffrirò”.
Moral: Preparedness for war is the best guarantee of peace.
TranslateMorale: La preparazione alla guerra è la migliore garanzia di pace.
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