piglet 子豚、小豚
shut up (…に)しまい込む;
shepherd　 牧羊者;
distressing　 悲惨な、痛ましい;
wool　 羊毛；
lay hold on …をつかむ, を握る;
Aesop’s Fable イソップ物語

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A young Pig was shut up in a fold-yard with a Goat and a Sheep. On one occasion when the shepherd laid hold of him, he grunted and squeaked and resisted violently. The Sheep and the Goat complained of his distressing cries, saying, “He often handles us, and we do not cry out.” To this the Pig replied, “Your handling and mine are very different things. He catches you only for your wool, or your milk, but he lays hold on me for my very life.” (A story form　Aesop’s Fables)
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Notes
flock 群れ、多数;
lamb　子羊；
fool 人をばかにする

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Once there was a boy who took care of a flock of sheep near a town. One day, when some men were working in the town, they heard the boy call, “Wolf! Wolf! The wolves are among the lambs!” The men ran up to him in great haste, but found no wolf among the lambs at all. The boy had a good laugh, and said, “I only called you for joke!” He did the same thing two or three times. At last the wolves really came and began carrying off the lambs, The boy cried, “Wolf! Wolf! The wolves are carrying away the lambs!” But the men said, “He can’t fool us again!” So they would not come, and the wolves carried off many of the lambs. The foolish boy lost his place and found out, when too late, that a boy who tells lies, even in fun, may not be believed when he tells the truth. (by William James Sly)
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