Reading to enjoy II. [antikvár]

AESOP'S FABLE A man once built a house for his dwelling. The house was pretty, but very small. He invited his friends to visit him, as he wanted them to see the house. His friends came and looked at the house. All of them said something bad about it: "The front of the house is very bad." "There are not enough windows." "The windows are very small." "The roof is not a good one: the rain can come in " "The doors are too narrow." "The ceilings are too low." "What rooms!" the last man said, "they are not big enough for any one." "The man heard everything his friends said about his home and then answered, "Indeed, it may be true. The house is small; but I have not enough true friends to fill even this small house." fable = mese dwelling = lakóhely, lakás roof = tető narrow = keskeny THE WOODMAN AND MERCURY A woodman was cutting down a tree on the bank of a deep river. By chance his axe slipped from his hand, dropped into the water and sank to the botton.