伊索寓言：泉边的鹿与狮子
The Hart and the Hunter
The Hart was once drinking from a pool and admiring the noble figure he made there. "Ah," said he, "where can you see such noble horns as these, with such antlers! I wish I had legs more worthy to bear such a noble crown; it is a pity they are so slim and slight." At that moment a Hunter approached and sent an arrow whistling after him. Away bounded the Hart, and soon, by the aid of his nimble legs, was nearly out of sight of the Hunter; but not noticing where he was going, he passed under some trees with branches growing low down in which his antlers were caught, so that the Hunter had time to come up. "Alas! alas!" cried the Hart:
"We often despise what is most useful to us."
泉边的鹿与狮子
一只鹿非常口渴，连忙跑到泉水边去。他喝着甘甜的泉水，望着水里自己的影子，见自己修长而美丽的双角，得意洋洋，当见到自己细小的腿，又郁郁不乐。正当他看得入神时，有头狮子疾奔而来。他转身拚命地逃跑，一下就把狮子远远地甩在身后，因为鹿的力量是在腿上，狮子的力量是在心脏上。在空旷的平原上，鹿总能跑在前头，保住性命。但当他进入到树林中时，美丽的双角被树枝挂住了，再也无法奔跑了，结果被跟踪而来的狮子捉住了。鹿临死之前对自己说：「我真不幸呢！被我所不喜欢的救了命，却被我所最信赖和宠爱的东西断送了生命。」
这个故事带出的启示就是：美丽的东西不一定有用，甚至还会坏事，不美的东西却在关键时刻有实用。
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