THE ASS IN THE LION'S SKIN

An Ass once found a Lion's skin which the hunters had left out in the sun to dry. He put it on and went towards his native village. All fled at his approach, both men and animals, and he was a proud Ass that day. In his delight he lifted up his voice and brayed, but then every one knew him, and his owner came up and gave him a sound cudgelling for the fright he had caused. And shortly afterwards a Fox came up to him and said: "Ah, I knew you by your voice." 

Fine clothes may disguise, but silly words will disclose a fool. 

Lesson 115

 

115  broad dhe wide 

Wide do të thotë ‘i/e gjerë’ dhe përdoret për të folur për largësinë nga njëra anë e dickaje në anën tjetër. 

• We live in a very wide street. 

• The car’s too wide for the garage. 

 

Broad përdoret me të njëjtin kuptim në fare pak shprehje si: broad shoulders – ‘shpatulla të gjera’ , si dhe në përshkrimin peizazhit në stil formal. 

• Across the broad valley, the mountains rose blue and mysterious. 

 

Por broad përdoret kryesisht në shprehjet abstrakte. Disa shembuj: 

• broad agreement (marrëveshje për cështjet kryesore) 

• broad-minded (tolerant) 

• broad daylight (në mes të ditës, ditën me diell) 

THE NURSE AND THE WOLF

"Be quiet now," said an old Nurse to a child sitting on her lap. "If you make that noise again I will throw you to the Wolf." 

Now it chanced that a Wolf was passing close under the window as this was said. So he crouched down by the side of the house and waited. "I am in good luck to-day," thought he. "It is sure to cry soon, and a daintier morsel I haven't had for many a long day." So he waited, and he waited, and he waited, till at last the child began to cry, and the Wolf came forward before the window, and looked up to the Nurse, wagging his tail. But all the Nurse did was to shut down the window and call for help, and the dogs of the house came rushing out. "Ah," said the Wolf as he galloped away, 

"Enemies promises were made to be broken." 

THE YOUNG THIEF AND HIS MOTHER

A young Man had been caught in a daring act of theft and had been condemned to be executed for it. He expressed his desire to see his Mother, and to speak with her before he was led to execution, and of course this was granted. When his Mother came to him he said: "I want to whisper to you," and when she brought her ear near him, he nearly bit it off. All the bystanders were horrified, and asked him what he could mean by such brutal and inhuman conduct. "It is to punish her," he said. "When I was young I began with stealing little things, and brought them home to Mother. Instead of rebuking and punishing me, she laughed and said: "It will not be noticed." It is because of her that I am here to-day." 

"He is right, woman," said the Priest; "the Lord hath said: 

"Train up a child in the way he should go; and when he is old he will not depart therefrom." 

The Fox and the Billy-Goat

A fox, having fallen into a well, was faced with the prospect of being stuck there. But then a billy-goat came along to that same well 
because he was thirsty and saw the fox. He asked him if the water was good.
The fox decided to put a brave face on it and gave a tremendous speech about how wonderful the water was down there, so very  
excellent. So the billy-goat climbed down the well, thinking only of his thirst. When he had had a good drink, he asked the fox what
he thought was the best way to get back up again.
The fox said:
‘Well, I have a very good way to do that. Of course, it will mean our working together. If you just push your front feet up against
the wall and hold your horns up in the air as high as you can, I will climb up on to them, get out, and then I can pull you up behind me.’
The billy-goat willingly consented to this idea, and the fox briskly clambered up the legs, the shoulders, and finally the horns of 
his companion. He found himself at the mouth of the well, pulled himself out, and immediately scampered off. The billy-goat shouted
after him, reproaching him for breaking their agreement of mutual assistance. The fox came back to the top of the well and 
shouted down to the billy-goat:
‘Ha! If you had as many brains as you have hairs on your chin, you wouldn’t have got down there in the first place without
thinking of how you were going to get out again.’

It is thus that sensible men should not undertake any action without having first examined the end result.

Lesson 113

 bring up dhe educate 

Bring up dhe upbringing përdoren më tepër për edukimin moral dhe social që fëmijët marrin në shtëpi.

 Educate dhe education përdoren për edukimin intelektual dhe cultural që njerëzit marrin në shkollë dhe në universitet. 

• Lucy was brought up by her grandparents and educated at the local secondary school. 

• Their kids are very badly brought up – always screaming and fighting. (JO: Their kids are very badly educated…) 

  
  

• Would you rather have a good upbringing and a bad education, or the opposite?