《伊索寓言》中的角色大多是擬人化的動物，它們的行為舉止都是人的方式，作者借以形象化地說出某種思想、道德意識或生活經(jīng)驗，使讀者得到相應的教育。

　　1.Hercules and the waggoner

　　A waggoner was once driving a heavy load on a very muddy road.

　　Suddenly the wheels of the wagon sank into the mire, and the horse could not pull them out. The waggoner threw down his whip. He knelt down and prayed to Hercules. "Hercules, help me,please," he said.

　　But Hercules appeared to him, and said, "Man, don't kneel there. Get up and put your shoulder to the wheel."

　　大力神與車夫

　　●一名車夫趕著貨車沿著一條非常泥濘的小路前行。 ●突然，馬車的輪子陷入了泥潭，馬無法將它們拉出來。

　　●車夫扔下鞭子，跪在地上，祈求大力神出現(xiàn)，"大力神啊，請來幫助我。"他說。 ●大力神出現(xiàn)了，卻說："朋友，用你的肩膀把車輪扛起來，再驅趕馬拉車出來。跪在那里祈求我有什么用呢?"

　　2.The two pots

　　There were two pots on the bank of a river. One was made of brass, and the other was made of clay.

　　When the water rose they both floated off down the river. The earthen pot tried to stay away from the brass one.

　　So the brass pot cried out, "Fear nothing, friend, I will not hit you."

　　"But I may come in contact with you," said the earthen pot. "If I come too close, whether I hit you or you hit me, I shall suffer for it."

　　After that the earthen pot floated away.

　　兩口鍋

　　●河中漂流著一個瓦鍋和一個銅鍋。

　　●每當潮漲潮落時，瓦鍋就盡量地遠離銅鍋。銅鍋大叫："別害怕，朋友，我不會撞你的。"

　　●"但是我有可能會和你接觸，"瓦鍋對銅鍋說，"如果我離你太近，無論是你碰到我，或者是我自己不小心碰到你，我都會碎的。" ●然后，瓦鍋就漂走了。