That is partly because both cattle and horses would be large and difficult prey for either a wolf or a dog, and partly because all but 8% of reported attacks on livestock were on sheep.

一方面是因为牛和马的体积较大，对于单个的狼或狗来说很难捕杀，另一面所有的家畜袭击报告中只有8%是羊。

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But that very night as it happened, the shepherd, requiring a supply of mutton for the table, laid hands on the Wolf in mistake for a sheep, and killed him with his knife on the spot.

但是，就在那个晚上，牧羊人想吃羊肉，于是把手放在披着羊皮的狼上，一刀就杀了他。

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Which means he's one step above me and one below Birch, which is akin to being between a very hungry wolf and a very quarrelsome sheep? Let's see if he stays with the herd or joins the pack.

职位在中间的就像夹在一匹饿极的狼和一只好斗的羊之间，羊群或是狼群，看看他会选择哪一边。

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