【转载】The Dog and the Shadow

发布时间 2023-08-16 10:21:48作者: 夏秋初

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Title: The City Mouse and the Country Mouse
Source: https://www.zhihu.com/question/263840407/answer/1108124796
Author:苏焉儿

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It happened that a Dog had got a piece of meat and was carrying it home in his mouth to eat it in peace. Now, on his way home he had to cross a plank lying across a running brook. As he crossed, he looked down and saw his own shadow reflected in the water beneath. Thinking it was another dog with another piece of meat, he made up his mind to have that also. So he made a snap at the shadow in the water, but as he opened his mouth the piece of meat fell out, dropped into the water and was never seen more.
Moral:Beware lest you lose the substance by grasping at the shadow.

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