伊索寓言有哪些-伊索寓言双语故事125：鹿和它的影(The Stag And His Reflection)

鹿和它的影子

by Aesop

出自《伊索寓言》

A Stag, drinking from a crystal spring, saw himself mirrored in the clear water. He greatly admired the graceful arch of his antlers, but he was very much ashamed of his spindling legs.

正在一汪清澈的泉水中喝水的鹿，看见了自己在水中的倒影。它对自己那优雅的鹿角爱怜不已，却对自己那细长的四肢羞愧万分。

"How can it be," he sighed, "that I should be cursed with such legs when I have so magnificent a crown."

“怎么会这样呢，”它叹息道，“我有着如此华丽的王冠，却生着如此丑陋的四肢，这怕是老天的诅咒吧。”

At that moment he scented a panther and in an instant was bounding away through the forest. But as he ran his wide-spreading antlers caught in the branches of the trees, and soon the Panther overtook him. Then the Stag perceived that the legs of which he was so ashamed would have saved him had it not been for the useless ornaments on his head.

就在此时，它嗅到了一只黑豹的气味，立马就跳跃着穿过森林。但就在它逃命的时候，它的角被树枝缠住了，不一会儿黑豹就赶上了它。现在这头鹿才注意到，如果没有头上那无用的装饰，之前令它羞愧的四肢本可以救它一命。

We often make much of the ornamental and despise the useful.

寓意：我们常常过分注重外在，而不注重其功用。

• 伊索寓言
• Reflection
• Stag