有一個航海家出海去遠航，隨身帶了一隻猴子，為的是在漫長的旅途中解悶、消遣。可是，船剛離開希臘，就遇到了狂風暴雨。船被打翻，船上所有的人紛紛跳海泅水逃生，猴子也隨著眾人跳入海中。海豚看到了猴子，誤以為他是個人，就遊到他身邊，讓猴子騎到自己背上，把他送往岸邊。當他們就要到達雅典的一個海港時，海豚問猴子，他是不是雅典人，猴子回答說： “是的，我們家還是名門望族呢 !”海豚又問他，知不知道比雷埃烏斯（雅典東南部一個著名的港口城市），猴子以為海豚說的是一個人，就回答說： “我當然知道他了，我們是最親密的朋友。 ”這時，海豚發現猴子在撒謊，十分氣憤，就潛入了水中，結果猴子被淹死了。
吹牛、說謊、偽裝都會有損於一個人的生命和尊嚴。
A sailor，bound on a loh him a Moo amuse him while on shipboard. As he sailed off the coast of Greepest arose in which the ship was wred he，his Monkey，and all the crew were obliged to swim for their lives.
A Dolphin saw the Moh the osing him to be a man（whom he is always said to befriend）， d placed himself uo on his ba safety to the shore. When the Dolphih his burden in sight of land not far from Athehe Monkey if he were ahe latter replied that he was，and that he was des o noble families in that city. The Dolphin then inquired if he khe Piraeus（the famous harbor of Athens）. Supposing that a mahe Mo he knew him very well and that he was an intimate friend. The Dolphin，indignant at these falsehoods，dipped the Moer and drowned him.
Bragging，lyiending，has any a maate.