The Strawberry, или притча о землянике

There was once a man who was being chased by a ferocious tiger across a field. At the edge of the field there was a cliff. In order to escape the jaws of the tiger, the man caught hold of a vine and swung himself over the edge of the cliff. Dangling down, he saw, to his dismay, there were more tigers on the ground below him! And, furthermore, two little mice were gnawing on the vine to which he clung. He knew that at any moment he would fall to certain death. That's when he noticed a wild strawberry growing on the cliff wall. Clutching the vine with one hand, he plucked the strawberry with the other and put it in his mouth.
He never before realized how sweet a strawberry could taste.


Шел человек по полю, и не знамо откуда, за ним погнался тигр. Человек стал убегать. Так добежали они до обрыва. На счастье человека, с обрыва свисала засохшая ветвь виноградника. Человек стал спускаться по ней, но внизу его ждал другой тигр. Да тут еще семейка полевых мышей вовремя решили полакомиться этой лозой. И вдруг человек увидел на расстоянии вытянутой руки землянику. Ах как вкусна была та земляника!