雙語·《伊索寓言》 狗和影子

THE DOG AND THE SHADOW

A Dog was crossing a plank bridge over a stream with a piece of meat in his mouth, when he happened to see his own reflection in the water. He thought it was another dog with a piece of meat twice as big; so he let go his own, and flew at the other dog to get the larger piece. But, of course, all that happened was that he got neither; for one was only a shadow, and the other was carried away by the current.

狗和影子

有一只狗嘴里叼著一塊肉從一座平板木橋上過河，這時他剛好看到了自己在水中的倒影，但是他以為那是另一只狗，嘴里也叼著一塊肉，那塊肉看上去是自己的肉的兩倍大。所以他松開了自己的肉，然后撲向那只狗，想要把那塊大肉奪過來。當(dāng)然，最后他一無所獲，因?yàn)槟侵皇莻€影子，而他卻被急流給沖走了。