【燕子和烏鴉的寓言故事】

　　有一次，燕子沖著烏鴉吹噓自己的出生多么顯赫。“我曾經是一個公主，”燕子說，“是雅典國王的女兒，但是我的丈夫卻因為我的一個小過失而割掉了我的舌頭。為了以免再次受到傷害，朱諾就把我變成了一只鳥。”“你可真會搬弄是非，”烏鴉說，“要是你沒有損失舌頭，又會變成什么樣呢？我簡直不敢想象。”

　　【燕子和烏鴉的故事寓意】

　　燕子和烏鴉的寓言故事告訴我們：永遠不要預知未來，也不要把所有的事情放在明天，要好好的把握今天，踏踏實實。

　　【燕子和烏鴉的英文版】

　　THE SWALLOW AND THE CROW

　　A Swallow was once boasting to a Crow about her birth. “I was once a princess,” said she, “the daughter of a King of Athens, but my husband used me cruelly, and cut out my tongue for a slight fault. Then,to protect me from further injury, I was turned by Juno into a bird.” “You chatter quite enough as it is,” said the Crow. “What you would have been like if you hadn’t lost your tongue, I can’t think.”