一隻鹿非常口渴，就到池塘邊找水喝。看到自己倒映在水中的影子，他不由地欣賞起來。看到自己漂亮修長的鹿角，他不禁有些得意洋洋；看到瘦弱細小的雙腿，他又覺得悶悶不樂。正當他沉醉其中的時候，一頭獅子疾奔而來。雄鹿急忙轉身就跑。在開闊的平原，雄鹿可以全速前進，把獅子遠遠地甩在了後麵。可是，到了森林裏，雄鹿就舉步維艱了，他的鹿角總是被樹枝絆住，結果被獅子抓住了。鹿臨死之前責備自己說： “我是多麼不幸啊！被我討厭的雙腿救了命，卻因我最寵愛的鹿角而斷送了性命，真是自作自受啊！ ”
真正有價值的東西經常被忽視。
A Stag overpowered by heat came t to drink. Seeing his own shadow refle the water，he greatly admired the size ay of his hor angry with himself f suder a. While he was thus plating himself，a Liohe pool a upoag immediately took to flight， aing his utmost speed，as long as the plain was smooth a himself easily at a safe distahe Lioering a wood he begled by his horns，and the Lion quickly and caught him. Whehus reproached himself: “Woe is me! How I have deceived myself! These feet which would have saved me I despised， and I gloried ilers roved my destru.”
What is most truly valuable is ofteed.