Itisnevertoolatetomend.

　　亡羊补牢

　　Onceuponatime,therewasashepherdwhokeptseveralsheep.

　　从前有个人,养了几只羊.

　　Onemorning,theshepherddiscoveredthatoneofhissheepwasmissing.Itturnedoutthat,duringthenight,awolfhadstolenhissheepthroughaholeinthesheeppen.

　　一天早上,他发现少了一只羊.原来羊圈破了个窟窿,夜间狼从窟窿里钻进来把羊叼走了.

　　Hisneighborsuggestedtohim:"Youshouldfixthepenandcovertheholerightaway."

　　邻居劝告他说：“赶快把羊圈修一修,堵上那个窟窿吧.”

　　Buttheshepherdsaid:"Thesheepisalreadylost,soIdon'tneedtorepairit."Andsoherejectedtheneighbor'ssuggestion.

　　他说：“羊已经丢了,还修羊圈干什么呢?”他没接受邻居的劝告.

　　Thenextmorning,hediscoveredthatanothersheepwasmissing.Onceagain,thewolfstolethesheepthroughtheholeinthefence.

　　第二天早上,他去放羊,发现又少了一只羊.原来狼又从窟窿里钻进来把羊叼走了.

　　Theshepherdregrettednottakingtheneighbor'sadvice.Sohepluggedtheholetosecurethesheeppen.

　　他很后悔没有接受邻居的劝告,他赶快堵上那个窟窿,把羊圈修得结结实实的.

　　Fromthenon,nomoresheepwasstolenbythewolf.

　　从此,他的羊再没有被狼叼走了.