蚊子和獅子
The Gnat and the Lion
蚊子向獅子挑戰(zhàn)，打敗了獅子。可沒過多久，蚊子就被蜘蛛網(wǎng)粘住，被蜘蛛吃掉了。蚊子感慨自己竟死在弱者手上。
A Gnat came and said to a Lion, “ I do not in the least fear you, nor are you stronger than I am. For in what does your strength consist? You can scratch with your claws and bite with your teeth as a woman in her quarrels. I repeat that I see who will conquer.” The Gnat, having sounded his horn, fastened himself upon the Lion and stung him on the nostrils and the parts of the face devoid of hair. While trying to crush him, the lion tore himself with his claws, until he punished himself severely. The Gnat thus prevailed over the Lion, and , buzzing about in a song of triumph, flew away. But shortly afterwards he became entangled in the meshes of a cobweb and was eaten by a spider. He greatly lamented his fate, saying,” Woe is me! That I , who can wage war successfully with the hugest beasts, should perish myself from this spider, the most inconsiderable of insects!”
