伊索寓言：蚊子與獅子

　　The Gnat and the Lion

　　A GNAT came and said to a Lion, "I do not in the least fear you, nor are you stronger than I am. For in what does your strength consist? You can scratch with your claws and bite with your teeth an a woman in her quarrels. I repeat that I am altogether more powerful than you; and if you doubt it, let us fight and see who will conquer." The Gnat, having sounded his horn, fastened himself upon the Lion and stung him on the nostrils and the parts of the face devoid of hair. While trying to crush him, the Lion tore himself with his claws, until he punished himself severely. The Gnat thus prevailed over the Lion, and, buzzing about in a song of triumph, flew away. But shortly afterwards he became entangled in the meshes of a cobweb and was eaten by a spider. He greatly lamented his fate, saying, "Woe is me! that I, who can wage war successfully with the hugest beasts, should perish myself from this spider, the most inconsiderable of insects!"

　　蚊子與獅子

　　有只蚊子飛到獅子那里，說：「我不怕你，你也并不比我強多少。你的力量究竟有多大？是用爪子抓，還是用牙齒咬？僅這幾招，女人同男人打架時也會用。可我卻比你要厲害得多。你若愿意，我們不妨來比試比試。」蚊子吹著喇叭，猛沖上前去，專咬獅子鼻子周圍沒有毛的地方。獅子氣得用爪子把自己的臉都抓破了，最后終於要求停戰。蚊子戰勝了獅子，吹著喇叭，唱著凱歌，在空中飛來飛去，不料卻被蜘蛛網粘住了。蚊子將被吃掉的時候，悲

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