三只公牛在地里吃草，它们之间和睦相处。一只狮子早就想猎取它们，但苦于它们老是在一起而没有机会。因此它开始秘密地散布谣言，挑拨离间，最后它们三个之间妒心重重，疑心不断。狮子一看到它们互不理睬，独自觅食，就哼着小曲，轻而易举地猎取了它们。
朋友之间的不和就是敌人的机会。
Keys：
①They fed in a field together in the greatest peace and amity．
③He began secrectly to spread evil and slanderous reports of one against the other．
④The quarrels of friends．
Once a Month
Now there was a man who stole a chicken from his neighbour evey day．
“This is not the way a man of moral principles should behave，”he was told．
“Well，then Ill reduce the number，”he replied，“Ill steal one every month and next year I wont steal any more．”
Since he knew he was doing something wrong，he ought to stop at once．Why wait till next year？
Exercises：
判断对（T）、错（F）：
①The man stole a chicken from his neighbour every month at first．
②He accepted someones idea．
③The man really wanted to do something right．