The gnat and the lion 蚊子和狮子（中英）

A Gnat once went up to a Lion and said, “I am not in the least afraid of you: I don’t even allow that you are a match for me in strength. What does your strength amount to after all? That you can scratch with your claws and bite with your teeth—just like a woman in a temper—and nothing more. But I’m stronger than you: if you don’t believe it, let us fight and see.” So saying, the Gnat sounded his horn, and darted in and bit the Lion on the nose. When the Lion felt the sting, in his haste to crush him he scratched his nose badly, and made it bleed, but failed altogether to hurt the Gnat, which buzzed off in triumph, elated by its victory. Presently, however, it got entangled in a spider’s web, and was caught and eaten by the spider, thus falling a prey to an insignificant insect after having triumphed over the King of the Beasts.

有只蚊子飞到狮子那里，说：“我一点儿也不害怕你，我甚至都不承认你我力量相当。你的力量究竟有多大？你只会用爪子抓、用牙齿咬，就像一个发脾气的女人一样，除此之外，就没有什么了。可是，我却比你厉害得多。若是你不相信，不妨来比试比试。”蚊子嗡嗡地吹着小喇叭，猛冲上前，在狮子的鼻子上咬了一口。狮子感觉到被蚊子叮了一口，马上就用爪子去抓，结果却划伤了自己的鼻子，流了好多血。狮子最终没能伤害到蚊子。于是，蚊子又嗡嗡叫着，兴高采烈地凯旋而归。然而，他很快就陷入了蜘蛛的网中，被一只蜘蛛抓住吃了，在战胜了百兽之王后，却被一只不起眼的蜘蛛消灭了。