The Dog and His Shadow¹

It happened that a dog had² some meat that he wanted to eat at home. On his way home he met a river. As he looked down, he saw⁴ his shadow in the water.

"Just look!"said⁵ he to himself⁶. "That dog down there has some meat, too. If I could⁷ get it away from him, I would⁸ really eat well tonight!"

With this thought⁹, he made¹⁰ a snap¹¹ at the other dog's meat. And as he did¹², his own³ meat fell¹³ into the water. So then he had nothing at all.

Then he saw that the other dog had lost his meat, too.

"That is as it should be!?thought he. "For I saw him trying to take my meat away from me."

By wanting to have everything, he has lost everything he had!

中文翻译

狗和他的影子

一只狗叼着肉打算回家去吃。在回家的路上他遇到一条河。他朝河里望去，看见水中自己的影子。

“看呐！”他自言自语道。“下面那条狗也衔着肉呢。如果我把他的抢走，今晚上一定可以美餐一顿了！”

这么想着，他就冲那只影子狗咬去，这时候他自己的肉掉进了水里。当然他什么也没有得到。

然后，他看到另一只狗的肉也没了。“活该！”他想，“因为我看到他想从我这里抢走我的肉。”

什么都想要，却失去了原来所拥有的！