一只烏鴉非常妒忌白天鵝那美麗的羽翼，以為那一身漂亮的白色羽毛是由于經(jīng)常在水中游泳和洗浴而得來的。于是，烏鴉便離開了靠著肉類祭祀品而賴以謀生的祭壇，前往池塘和溪流中居住。可是，旱管他日日勤于在水中梳洗自己的羽毛，卻總也不能使其變成白色，反而因忍饑挨餓而死去。

　　【烏鴉和天鵝的故事寓意】

　　烏鴉和天鵝這篇寓言故事說明了：你可以己改變習慣，卻很難改變本質(zhì)。

　　【烏鴉和天鵝的英文版】

　　THE CROW AND THE SWAN

　　A Crow was filled with envy on seeing the beautiful white plumage of a Swan，and thought it was due to the water in which the Swan constantly bathed and swam.So he left the neighbourhood of the altars，where he got his living by picking up bits of the meat offered in sacrifice，and went and lived among the pools and streams.But though he bathed and washed his feathers many times a day,he didn’t make them any whiter,and at last died of hunger into the bargain.

　　You may change your habits，but not your nature.