雙語·《伊索寓言》 沒有尾巴的狐貍

THE FOX WITHOUT A TAIL

A fox once fell into a trap, and after a struggle managed to get free, but with the loss of his brush. He was then so much ashamed of his appearance that he thought life was not worth living unless he could persuade the other Foxes to part with their tails also, and thus divert attention from his own loss. So he called a meeting of all the Foxes, and advised them to cut off their tails: “They're ugly things anyhow,” he said, “and besides they're heavy, and it's tiresome to be always carrying them about with you.” But one of the other Foxes said, “My friend, if you hadn't lost your own tail, you wouldn't be so keen on getting us to cut off ours.”

沒有尾巴的狐貍

有一只狐貍落入了陷阱中，奮力掙扎后雖然逃脫重獲自由，但卻失去了尾巴。他很為自己的外表自卑，覺得生命沒有了意義，除非能夠勸其他的狐貍都舍掉尾巴，這樣他們就不會注意到他了。所以，他召集所有狐貍來開會，建議他們都割掉尾巴：“這東西多丑啊，而且還很重，總是隨身帶著這么個東西多討厭啊?！钡且恢缓傉f：“朋友，就算你失去了自己的尾巴，也不用這么熱衷于讓我們都切掉尾巴吧?！?/p>