Those to whom you give kindness may turn on you.
狗群和牛皮
The Dogs and the Hides
几只饥饿的狗看见河面中心漂浮着一张牛皮,就想拿来充饥。可是牛皮距离河岸太远,他们想尽了办法也够不着。经过商量后,他们决定喝干河里的水,这样就可以得到那张牛皮了。结果,牛皮还没有拿到手,他们的肚皮就被河水胀破了。
不要尝试办不到的事情。
Some Dogs famished with hunger saw a number of cowhides steeping in a river. Not being able to reach them,they agreed to drink up the river,but it happened that they burst themselves with drinking long before they reached the hides.
Attempt not impossibilities.
狗的房子
The Dog’s House
冬天,狗蜷缩在一个极为狭窄的地方冻得瑟瑟发抖,他暗下决心等天气暖和的时候一定要给自己建造一所房子。可是,等到夏天来临的时候,他却整日在舒舒服服地睡大觉、伸懒腰。这时候,他就想既然已经有了这么舒服的地方睡觉,那么就根本没有必要去费力修建房子了。