有一只狐貍曾經落入捕獸器的圈套，經過一番斗爭，他終于逃脫了，但卻失去了一條尾巴。經此劫難，他覺得自己臉上無光，還不如一死了之，除非能夠勸說其它狐貍也舍棄自己的尾巴，這樣大家就不會再關注他的斷尾了。于是他召集了所有狐貍開會，勸說他們也割掉自己的尾巴，他當眾宣稱：“你們的尾巴實在太難看了，一直帶著尾巴四處走，這簡直太讓人厭惡了。”然而，有一只狐貍站出來反駁道：“喂，朋友，如果你沒有丟掉自己的尾巴，就不會這樣煞費苦心地來勸說我們了。”

　　【斷尾巴的狐貍的故事寓意】

　　斷尾巴的狐貍這篇寓言故事告訴了我們：有些人為了自己的利益而勸告他人，我們不能輕信他們的意見。

　　【斷尾巴的狐貍的英文版】

　　THE FOX WITHOUT A TAIL

　　A fox once fell into a trap，and after a struggle managed to get free.but with the loss of his brush He was then so much ashamed of his appearance that he thought life was not worth living unless he could persuade the other Foxes to part with their tails also，and thus divert attention from his own loss So he called a meeting of all the Foxes，and advised them to cut oft"their tails：“They’re ugly things anyhow,”he said.“and besides they’re heavy,and it’s tiresome to be always carrying them about with you”But one of the other Foxes said，“My friend，if you hadn’t lost your own tail，you wouldn’t be so keen on getting us to cutoffours。”