Ass having heard some Grasshoppers chirping, was highly enchanted; and, desiring to possess the same charms of melody, demanded what sort of food they lived on, to give them such beautiful voices. They replied, "The dew." The Ass resolved that he would only live upon dew, and in a short time died of hunger.

驢和蚱蜢

一只驢聽到幾只蚱蜢在叫,便覺得很有趣;于是也想得到同樣有趣的音調(diào),便問蚱蜢吃什么東西過活,以致于能有這樣優(yōu)美的聲音。蚱蜢說:「露水�！贵H子聽了,從此以后也單吃露水過活,不久便餓死了。