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If you're in need of a fable that demonstrates the dangers of kissing ass, you're in luck. <!--more-->

<img src="http://chinesereadingpractice.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/20110219-INLINE-turkey-and-bull.jpg" alt="Intermediate Chinese Reading Materials: Turkey and the Bull" title="Intermediate Chinese Reading Materials: Turkey and the Bull" width="100" height="100" class="imgborder alignleft" />The Turkey and the Bull makes it pretty clear that (and here I quote) "butt licking" is not the path to success. I started off thinking this was entirely unsuitable for the children's reading site I found it on, but then again, some of our most beloved fables are all about evil women baking little children in ovens, so... yeah. 

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顶端 - [pinyin]ding3 duan1[/pinyin] - Summit, peak
可惜 - [pinyin]ke3 xi1[/pinyin] - [to be] a pity
粪便 - [pinyin]fen4 bian4[/pinyin] - Feces
营养 - [pinyin]ying2 yang3[/pinyin] - Nutrition
极目远眺 - [pinyin]ji2 mu4 yuan3 tiao4[/pinyin] - Look into the distance
舔 - [pinyin]tian3[/pinyin] - To lick
屁股 - [pinyin]pi4 gu5[/pinyin] - Ass, butt

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 一只火鸡对公牛说: “我真想飞到对面那棵大树的<strong>顶端</strong>，<strong>可惜</strong>现在一点力气也没有。”公牛出主意道: “你为何不吃一点我的<strong>粪便</strong>呢，里面可是富含<strong>营养</strong>哟，呵呵。”火鸡觉得有道理，啄食了一点，立即感觉有了力气，便尽力飞到一根树枝上。第二天，火鸡又吃了几口粪便，有了力气，便飞到更高的树枝上。两周后，当火鸡吃下足够多的公牛粪便，终于飞上大树的顶部。火鸡<strong>极目远眺</strong>，正在洋洋得意，被一名农夫发现了，迅速开枪将它射落在地。

这则寓言的寓意: <strong>舔</strong>别人的屁股是一条捷径，能使你迅速获取较高的位置，但却不能保持长久。

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A turkey said to a bull: "I really want to fly to the top of that tree, it's a pity I don't have any strength." The bull proposed an idea: "Why don't you eat a little of my feces, it's rich in nutrients, hehe." The turkey thought that this made sense, so he ate [lit: pecked at] a little, and immediately felt strong,  and trying as hard as he could, he flew onto a tree branch. The second day, the turkey ate several mouthfuls of feces, got strength, and flew to an even higher tree branch. After two weeks, when the turkey had eaten enough bull feces, he finally flew to the top of the tree. He gazed into the distance, and just when he was feeling very pleased with himself, a farmer saw him, and quickly opened fire and shot him down. 

The moral of this fable is: licking other people's butts is a shortcut, and it can get you to a pretty high position very quickly, however [success gained this way] doesn't last long.

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