The dog and the shasow叼着肉的狗（中英）

A Dog was crossing a plank bridge over a stream with a piece of meat in his mouth, when he happened to see his own reflection in the water. He thought it was another dog with a piece of meat twice as big; so he let go his own, and flew at the other dog to get the larger piece. But, of course, all that happened was that he got neither; for one was only a shadow, and the other was carried away by the current.

一条狗嘴里叼着一块肉，在穿过小河上的一个木板桥时，碰巧看见了水中自己的倒影。他以为是另一条狗叼着一块更大的肉，于是，他扑到水中，想去抢另一条狗嘴里那块更大的肉。然而，他最终什么也没有得到。因为水中那块肉本来就只是个影子，而原来的那块肉也被河水冲走了。