儿童经典小故事之《上帝的动物和魔鬼的动物》

《上帝的动物和魔鬼的动物》正文

　　上帝造完所有的动物后，挑了狼做他的狗，却单单忘了造山羊。于是魔鬼就做好了准备，要创造一种尾巴细长的山羊。当这种山羊在牧场上吃草时，长尾巴老是挂在了篱笆上，魔鬼又得马上去解开，费尽了周折。魔鬼最后也火了，他干脆咬断了所有的羊尾巴，现在我们还能看到羊身上余下来的那一截。

 

　　后来魔鬼就让它们自己去吃草，但上帝正巧打那里经过，看见了这些羊，发现一只正在啃吃一棵果树，一只在损坏葡萄树，一只在摧残别的弱小植物，上帝很伤心。本着慈悲为怀的心愿，上帝唤来了狼，眨眼间狼就把那些山羊咬得稀烂了。魔鬼知道了这件事，便来到了上帝的跟前说：“你的畜生咬死了我的山羊。”上帝反问道：“你为何创造那些东西来作孽呢?”魔鬼申辩说：“我也没办法，因为我脑子里总想着要干坏事，我不能创造别种性质的东西，你得重重地赔偿我。”“好的，等橡树叶落光后我再赔你。那时你来，我会如数把钱赔给你。”等橡树落叶时，魔鬼来讨债了。但上帝说：“君士坦丁教堂里还有一棵橡树叶子仍在。”“魔鬼愤怒异常，口中诅咒着，便去寻找那棵橡树。他在杳无人烟的荒野游荡了六个月，最后总算找到了那棵树。当他回来时，枯木又逢了春，所有的橡树又披上绿装了。魔鬼只得放弃了他的债，盛怒之下，挖掉了所有山羊的眼睛，把自己的眼睛给塞了进去。

 

　　从此，山羊就有了魔鬼的眼睛和咬断的尾巴，而鬼呢，总是喜欢装成它们的样子。

《上帝的动物和魔鬼的动物》英文版

        After God made all the animals, he chose the wolf as his dog, but he just forgot to make a goat. So the devil was ready to create a goat with a thin tail. When such a goat grazes in the pasture, its long tail always hangs on the fence, and Satan must untie it immediately. The devil finally got mad, he just bit off all the sheep's tails, now we see the rest of the sheep.

 

        Later the devil let them eat the medicine alone, but God happened to pass by and saw these sheep. He discovered that one eats fruit trees, one damages the grape tree, and the other destroys other weak plants. God was very sad. In a spirit of compassion, God called the wolf, and in the blink of an eye the wolf bit the goats to pieces. When the devil found out, he came to God and said, "Your beast killed my goat!" God said, "Why did you create these things to do evil?" Satan asked, "I can't help it because my mind is always thinking about doing bad things. I can't create other things. You have to compensate me hard." "Okay, I'll make it up to you when the oak leaves are gone, and when you come, I'll make it up to you in full." When the dam leaves, the devil comes to collect. But God said, "There is still an oak tree in the church of Constantine whose leaves are still there." "The devil was very angry and cursed, and he went in search of the oak tree. He traveled six months in the uninhabited desert and finally found a tree. When he came back, the dead tree was again in spring, and all the oaks were again clothed in green. The devil had to give up his debts, dig out the eyes of all the goats and stick his eyes in.

 

        Since then, goats have Satan's eyes and bitten tail, and ghosts always like to pretend to be them。