A FARMER, who bore a grudge against a Fox for robbing his poultry yard, caught him at last, and being determined to take an ample revenge, tied some rope well soaked in oil to his tail, and set it on fire. —
一位农夫恨透了一只偷走他家禽鸟的狐狸，终于抓到了它，决定报复一番，于是把用油浸湿的绳子绑在它的尾巴上，然后点燃了。 —

The Fox by a strange fatality rushed to the fields of the Farmer who had captured him. —
可是这只狐狸却倒霉地跑到了那位抓住它的农夫的田地里。 —

It was the time of the wheat harvest; —
那时正值麦收季节； —

but the Farmer reaped nothing that year and returned home grieving sorely.
然而那一年农夫丢了收成，悲痛地回到了家。