伊索寓言:朱庇特和猴子 Jupiter and the Monkey

JUPITER ISSUED a proclamation to all the beasts of the forest and promised a royal reward to the one whose offspring should be deemed the handsomest.  The Monkey came with the rest and presented, with all a mother's tenderness, a flat-nosed, hairless, ill-featured young Monkey as a candidate for the promised reward.  A general laugh saluted her on the presentation of her son.  She resolutely said, "I know not whether Jupiter will allot the prize to my son, but this I do know, that he is at least in the eyes of me his mother, the dearest, handsomest, and most beautiful of all."

朱庇特打算給最漂亮的小野獸發(fā)獎(jiǎng)，百獸紛紛帶著孩子來(lái)到朱庇特身邊。母猴想讓自己的孩子參選，別的野獸哈哈大笑，母猴卻說(shuō)：“在一個(gè)母親眼里，他的孩子永遠(yuǎn)都是最可愛(ài)、最漂亮、最美麗的寶貝。”