馬和驢寓言故事大綱

一匹馬對自己精美的馬具感到自豪，他在一條小路上遇到了一頭滿載貨物的驢。驢因貨物太重，只能慢慢地走，而無法讓馬先過去。馬不耐煩地說恨不得踢他一腳，讓他快點走。驢默不作聲，但是沒有忘記馬的傲慢無禮。不久，那匹馬患了氣喘病，被主人賣到了農場。有一天，當馬正拉着糞車時，又遇到了驢，驢反而譏笑他說：“哈！你從沒想到會來這裏幹這種活吧，不是嗎，你那麼傲慢！現在，你那華麗的馬具到哪裏去了？”

　　【馬和驢的英文版】

THE HORSE AND THE ASS

A Horse, proud of his fi ne harness, met an Ass on the high-road. As the Ass with his heavy burden moved slowly out of the way to let him pass, the Horse cried out impatiently that he could hardly resist kicking him to make him move faster. The Ass held his peace, but did not forget the other’s insolence. Not long afterwards the Horse became broken-winded, and was sold by his owner to a farmer. One day, as he was drawing a dung-cart, he met the Ass again, who in turn derided him and said, “Aha! you never thought to come to this, did you, you who were so proud! Where are all your gay trappings now?”