伊索寓言：猴子与海豚
The Monkey and the Dolphin
A SAILOR, bound on a long voyage, took with him a Monkey to amuse him while on shipboard. As he sailed off the coast of Greece, a violent tempest arose in which the ship was wrecked and he, his Monkey, and all the crew were obliged to swim for their lives. A Dolphin saw the Monkey contending with the waves, and supposing him to be a man (whom he is always said to befriend), came and placed himself under him, to convey him on his back in safety to the shore. When the Dolphin arrived with his burden in sight of land not far from Athens, he asked the Monkey if he were an Athenian. The latter replied that he was, and that he was descended from one of the most noble families in that city. The Dolphin then inquired if he knew the Piraeus (the famous harbor of Athens). Supposing that a man was meant, the Monkey answered that he knew him very well and that he was an intimate friend. The Dolphin, indignant at these falsehoods, dipped the Monkey under the water and drowned him.
猴子与海豚
出海航行的人喜欢带着一些动物，以供旅行中消遣。有个海员带着一只猴子航海，当到达雅典阿提卡的苏尼翁海峡时，一场风暴突然袭来，船被狂风巨浪打翻了，大家都纷纷跳入水中逃生，猴子也机灵地跳入水中。海豚看见了 ，以为是人，立即钻到 底下，把 托起来，安全地送往岸边。到达雅典海港珀赖欧斯时，海豚问那猴子是不是雅典人。他回答说：「是的，我祖先都是名人显贵。」海琢接着又问他知不知道珀赖欧斯。猴子以为海豚所说的也是个人，所以答道：「他是我非常要好的朋友。」海豚对猴子的谎话十分气愤，便不再托住猴子，让他淹死於海水中。
这个故事带出的启示就是：那些信口雌黄的人是始终会被识破其真面目的。
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