I have good news and bad news, which do you want to hear first?
我有好消息和坏消息,你想先听哪个?
Prefer loss to unjust gain.
宁可受损失,休取不义财。
Apparently what happened was that water collected on these tar pits, and the bigger animals like the elephants ventured out on to the apparently firm surface to drink, and were promptly bogged in the tar.