一個頭發開始變白的中年男子有兩個情婦，一個還很年輕，一個已是半老徐娘。那個上了年紀的情婦覺得自己和一個比自己年輕的人相好是沒有麵子的事情，於是就把男子的黑頭發拔掉。至於那個年輕的，她則認為自己和一個比自己年長那麼多的人在一起有失身份，於是就把男子的白頭發拔掉。結果可想而知，那個中年男子很快就變成了禿子。
見人就獻媚，誰也不待見。
A Middle-aged Man，whun tray，courted two womeime. Ohem was youher well advahe elder womao be courted by a mahan herself，made a point，whenever her admirer visited her，to pull out some portion of his black hairs. The youhe ot wishihe wife of an old man，was equally zeal every gray hair she d. Thus it came to pass that betweeh he very soon fou a hair left on his head.
Those who seek to please everybody please nobody.