伊索寓言：蚊子与狮子
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!"
蚊子与狮子
有只蚊子飞到狮子那里，说：「我不怕你，你也并不比我强多少。你的力量究竟有多大？是用爪子抓，还是用牙齿咬？仅这几招，女人同男人打架时也会用。可我却比你要厉害得多。你若愿意，我们不妨来比试比试。」蚊子吹着喇叭，猛冲上前去，专咬狮子鼻子周围没有毛的地方。狮子气得用爪子把自己的脸都抓破了，最后终於要求停战。蚊子战胜了狮子，吹着喇叭，唱着凯歌，在空中飞来飞去，不料却被蜘蛛网粘住了。蚊子将被吃掉的时候，悲 道：「我已战胜了最强大的动物，却被这小小的蜘蛛所消灭。」
这个故事带出的启示就是：骄傲是没有好下场的，有些人虽击败过比自己强大的人，也会被比自己弱小的人击败。
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