THE FOX WITHOUT A TAIL

A fox once fell into a trap, and after a struggle managed to get free, but with the loss of his brush. He was then so much ashamed of his appearance that he thought life was not worth living unless he could persuade the other Foxes to part with their tails also, and thus divert attention from his own loss. So he called a meeting of all the Foxes, and advised them to cut off their tails: “They're ugly things anyhow,” he said, “and besides they're heavy, and it's tiresome to be always carrying them about with you.” But one of the other Foxes said, “My friend, if you hadn't lost your own tail, you wouldn't be so keen on getting us to cut off ours.”

没有尾巴的狐狸

有一只狐狸落入了陷阱中，奋力挣扎后虽然逃脱重获自由，但却失去了尾巴。他很为自己的外表自卑，觉得生命没有了意义，除非能够劝其他的狐狸都舍掉尾巴，这样他们就不会注意到他了。所以，他召集所有狐狸来开会，建议他们都割掉尾巴：“这东西多丑啊，而且还很重，总是随身带着这么个东西多讨厌啊。”但是一只狐狸说：“朋友，就算你失去了自己的尾巴，也不用这么热衷于让我们都切掉尾巴吧。”