The Dog And The Shadow 狗和它的影子
A DOG,crossing a bridge over a stream with a piece of flesh in his mouth,saw his own shadow in the water,and took it for that of another Dog,with a piece of meat double his own in size.He therefore let go his own,and fiercely attacked the other Dog,to get his larger piece from him.He thus lost both:that which he grasped at in the water,because it was a shadow; and his own,because the stream swept it away.
一條狗嘴里叼塊肉,來到一座橋上.它看見水里有自己的影子,以為是另一條嘴里也叼著一塊比自己那塊肉大一倍的狗.它忙丟下自己嘴里的那塊肉,猛力地攻擊水里的狗.試圖去搶它的肉.結(jié)果,它兩塊肉都得不到.因?yàn)槟侵皇且粋€影子,它自己的影子而已.真正的肉已被水沖走了.