英語寓言故事：叼著肉的狗

　　叼著肉的狗

　　A dog was crossing a river holding a piece of meat in his mouth. Catching sight of hisreflection in the water, he believed that it was another dog who was holding a bigger piece of meat. So, dropping his own piece, he leaped into the water to take the piece from the other dog. But the result was that he ended up with neither piece-one didn't even exist and the other was swept away by the current.

　　一只狗嘴里叼著一塊肉，正在過河看?？吹阶砸言谒械牡褂?，他以為是另一只狗叼著一大塊肉。于是，他放下自己嘴里的肉，跳進(jìn)水里，想從另一只狗嘴里搶過肉來。但結(jié)果是最后他一塊肉也沒有了：一塊根本不存在，而另一塊被激流卷走了。

　　This fable applied to the covetous.

　　這則寓言適用于貪婪之人。