【墨丘利和被螞蟻所咬的人】

　　一個(gè)人在海邊看見一艘船遇難，船上的人全都被淹死了，他便憤憤不平地抱怨上帝。“唉，上帝都不考慮一個(gè)人的品格，”他說，“竟然讓好人和壞人一起死了。”這個(gè)人當(dāng)時(shí)正站在一個(gè)螞蟻窩旁，當(dāng)他說這番話時(shí)，被爬到腳上的一只螞蟻咬了一口。他立刻沖著身旁的螞蟻窩撤起火來，碾死了許多并沒有傷害他的螞蟻。這時(shí)，墨丘利出現(xiàn)了，用棍棒痛打了他一頓，而且還重復(fù)著那人剛才昕說的話：“你這個(gè)惡棍，現(xiàn)在你的正義感又去哪里了呢？”

　　【墨丘利和被螞蟻所咬的人故事寓意】

　　墨丘利和被螞蟻所咬的人這篇寓言故事告訴我們：做人不能只批判別人的不對，而應(yīng)該“見不賢而內(nèi)自省也”。

　　【墨丘利和被螞蟻所咬的人英文版】

　　MERCURY AND THE MAN BITTEN BY AN ANT

　　A Man once saw a ship go down with all its crew,and commented severely on the injustice of the gods.“They care nothing for a man’s character,”said he，“but let the good and the bad go to their deaths together.”There was an ant—heap close by where he was standing，and， just as he spoke，he was bitten in the foot by an Ant.Turning in a temper to the ant—heap he stamped upon it and crushed hundreds of unoffending ants.Suddenly Mercury appeared，and belaboured him with his staff；saying as he did SO，“You villain，where’S your nice sense ofjustice now?”