A LESSON FOR FOOLS.

A crow sat in a tree holding in his beak a piece of meat that he had stolen.
A fox which saw him determined to get the meat.
It stood under the tree and began to tell the crow what a beautiful big bird he was.
He ought to be king of all the birds, the fox said; and he would undoubtedly have been made king, if only he had a voice as well.
The crow was so anxious to prove that he had a voice, that he dropped the meat and croaked for all he was worth.
Up ran the fox, snapped up the meat, and said to him: ”If you added brains to all your other qualifications, you would make an ideal king.”


crow              烏鴉
beak              喙
determined        決心
stood             站在
ought to          應該
undoubtedly       無疑
anxious           急
croaked           嘶啞
worth             價值
snapped           搶購
qualifications    資格
ideal             理想