One day a fawn said to her mother, "You're larger than a dog and swifter.You also have greater endurance and horns to defend yourself. Why is it then, Mother, that you're so afraid of the hounds?"

She smiled and said, "I know all this full well, my child. But no sooner do I hear a dog bark than I feel faint and take off as fast as my heels can carry me."

No argument, no matter how convincing, will give courage to a coward.

【關鍵詞】

fawn[f?:n] ? n.小鹿

swifter['sw?ft?] ? adj.敏捷的

endurance[?n?dj??r?ns] ? n.耐力

horn[h?:n] ? n.角，觸角

bark[bɑ:k]? vt.大聲喊出

faint[fe?nt] ? adj.無勇氣的

heels['hi:lz] ? n.足跟，腳后跟

convincing[k?n?v?ns??]? adj.有說服力的

coward[?ka??d] ? n.膽小鬼，懦夫

【翻譯】

一天，一只小鹿和媽媽說，“你比狗長得大而且反應迅速，你還擁有強大的耐力和堅硬的觸角來保護你。但是為什么，媽媽，你這么害怕獵犬呢？”

媽媽笑著說，“我非常清楚你說的，我的孩子，但是我一聽到狗叫，我就非常害怕，然后盡我可能飛快地跑開。”

無論多么有說服力的爭論，都不會給懦夫帶來勇氣。