人和獅子 The Man and the Lion

    A MAN and a Lion traveled together through the forest.  They soon began to boast of their respective superiority to each other in strength and prowess.  As they were disputing, they passed a statue carved in stone, which represented "a Lion strangled by a Man."  The traveler pointed to it and said:  "See there! How strong we are, and how we prevail over even the king of beasts."  The Lion replied:  "This statue was made by one of you men.  If we Lions knew how to erect statues, you would see the Man placed under the paw of the Lion."  

    One story is good, till another is told. 

    有一天，獅子與人同行趕路，他們互相吹噓自己。在路上，他們看見一塊石碑，石碑上刻著一個人征服幾頭獅子的圖畫。那人一邊指給獅子看，一邊說：“你看，事實(shí)證明我們比你們強(qiáng)得多了吧。”獅子笑著說道：“如果獅子們會雕刻，那么你就會看見眾多人倒在獅子腳下。”

    這故事是說，那些自己毫無本事的人卻喜歡常常在別人面前炫耀自己。