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A hare was running from an eagle. He was helpless and asked a dung beetle for help. The dung beetle begged the eagle to let the hare go, but the eagle despised her small size and ate the hare in front of her. The dung beetle was very angry and felt deeply insulted . From then on, every time the eagle laid eggs, she flew to the nest and rolled the eggs out of the nest so that they could fall and break.
The eagle was desperate . She begged Jupiter to allow her to lay eggs on his lap, so no one would hurt them.
However, the dung beetle didn't give up. She rolled a dung ball, flew to Jupiter and threw it on his lap. Jupiter stood up to shake of the dung ball. The eggs rolled from his lap, fell down to the ground and broke into pieces.
Since then, as people said, the eagles would not lay eggs duringthe season whenthedungbeetles appear.
· The weak could also have strong power.
▲ hare [heə(r)] n . 野兔
▲ dung [dʌŋ] n . 动物的粪便
▲ beetle [ˈbi:tl] n . 甲虫
▲ beg [beɡ] v . 恳求
▲ despise [dɪˈspaɪz] v . 鄙视，看不起
▲ insult [ɪnˈsʌlt] v . 侮辱，凌辱
▲ desperate [ˈdespərət] adj. 绝望的
▲ Jupiter [ˈdʒu:pɪtə(r)] n. 朱庇特，罗马神话中的主神
▲ power [ˈpaʊə(r)] n. 力量；能力