伊索寓言：驴子和他的影子
Th e Ass and His Shadow
A TRAVELER hired an Ass to convey him to a distant place. The day being intensely hot, and the sun shining in its strength, the Traveler stopped to rest, and sought shelter from the heat under the Shadow of the Ass. As this afforded only protection for one, and as the Traveler and the owner of the Ass both claimed it, a violent dispute arose between them as to which of them had the right to the Shadow. The owner maintained that he had let the Ass only, and not his Shadow. The Traveler asserted that he had, with the hire of the Ass, hired his Shadow also. The quarrel proceeded from words to blows, and while the men fought, the Ass galloped off.
In quarreling about the shadow we often lose the substance.
驴子和他的影子
一个旅客雇了一头驴，骑着它到远处去。那天天气很热，赤日炎炎。他停下来休息，躲避在驴子的影子下，求个荫凉，避免暴晒。驴子的影子仅够遮蔽一个人，於是旅客和驴子的主人为了遮荫激烈地争起来，谁都认为自己才有这个权利。驴子的主人坚持说他仅出租驴子本身，不出租驴子的影子。那旅客说他雇的驴子包括驴子本身和影子。他们争论不休，以至互相打了起来。当他们打架时，驴子逃跑了。
这个故事带出的启示就是：人们往往为小事争吵不休，从而失去了最重要的东西。
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