76. The Sick Lion (2016. 05. 10)

A lion had come to the end of his days and lay sick unto death at the mouth of his cave. Gasping for breath. The animals, his subjects, came round him and drew nearer as he grew more and more helpless. When they saw him on the point of death they thought to themselves: "Now is the time to pay off old grudges."

So the Boar came up and drove at him with his tusks; then a bull gored him with his horns; still the lay helpless before them: so the Ass, feeling quite safe from danger, came up, and turning his tail to the lion kicked up his heels into his face. "The is a double death" growled the lion.

Only cowards insult dying majesty.

gasping: 숨이 턱턱 막히며, 숨을 제대로 못 쉬는; 헐떡임

helpless: 스스로는 어떻게도 할 수 없는/무력한

draw nearer 다가오다

grudges: 원한

pay off: 풀다

boar: 수퇘지

tusks: 뻐드렁니, 엄니

gore: 뿔로 받다

kick up one's heels: 뛰어다니다, 신이 나다, 까불며 돌아다니다

growl: 으르렁 그러다

coward: 겁쟁이, 비겁자, 소심한

majesty: 폐하, 권세, 황제

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