【大.纪.元;5月16日讯】
有一只蚌，正张开蚌壳晒太阳。忽然飞来一只鹬鸟，想啄食它的肉，蚌马上将壳合上，把鹬嘴箝住了。

鹬说：“要是今天不下雨，明天不下雨，我将看到沙滩上有一只死蚌。”

蚌立即反唇相讥道：“我是我今天不把壳张开，明天也不把壳张开，我也将看到沙滩上有有一只死鹬。”

当双方仍在相持不下之际，有个渔翁经过，将它俩一网成擒了。

The Clam and The Snipe

A clam was basking in the sun when suddenly a snipe flew down to peck her flesh. The clam immediately closed up her shell, gripping the snipe's beak in between.

"If it doesn't rain today, and it doesn't rain tomorrow," said the snipe. "I shall see a dead clam on the beach."

"If I don't open today, and I don't open up tomorrow," retorted the clam, "I, too, shall see a dead snipe on the beach."

While they were still grappling with each other, a fisherman passed by and netted them both.

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