28 How unlucky I am!28 我太不幸了!
One winter Eric had very little money. His crops had been very bad that year, and his living standard became very low.一年冬季，埃里克没什么钱了，那年他的作物收获非常差，因此生活质量也变得非常低。
He thought it would get better after the winter filled with bitter hardships.但他想等这个充满艰辛的冬季过完就会好起来的。
He gave his donkey less grain, and when after two days the donkey looked just the same.他给他的驴子喂的谷物少了些，可两天后，驴子看起来仍然和先前一样，
He said to himself, “The donkey was used to eating a lot. Now he is quickly getting used to eating less.埃里克心想：“驴子以前习惯吃不少东西，但目前它非常快就习惯少吃点了，
And soon, he will get used to living on almost nothing.”不久它就会习惯不吃东西的。”
Each day Eric gave the donkey a little less food until it hardly ate anything.埃里克天天给驴子的东西都会少一点，直到最后它几乎什么也捞不着吃了。
Then one foggy morning, when the donkey went swinging to market with a load of branches on its back, it suddenly died.一个有雾的早晨，当驴子悲伤驮着树枝摇摇晃晃到市场去时，忽然去世了。
“How unlucky I am!” said Eric, “just when my donkey had got used to eating hardly anything, it came to the end of its days in this world.”“我太不幸了，”埃里克说，“就在驴子习惯几乎什么也不吃的时候，它却走到了生命的尽头。”
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