旅行者与悬铃树 伊索着 江铭辉 五梦网
图：两位旅行者享受悬铃树的树荫，却批评悬铃树无用。
两位旅行者被夏天的太阳晒得精疲力竭，中午时两个人靠在一起，坐在悬铃树广大的树枝下。当他们在悬铃树树荫下休息时，其中一个旅行者对另一个说：「多么少见无用的悬铃树？它不会生出水果，至少对人一点用处都没有。」悬铃树打断他的话，说:「你这个忘恩负义的家伙，当你接受了我的好处，并且在我的树荫下休息，居然敢批评我没有用处，和无利可图。
译者评论：有时候对人的施恩，别人并不感激你，反而责备你。奉劝一个人施恩不一定希望对方的回报，但受恩者，实时是小小的恩惠，也要心存感激。
The travelers and the plane-tree
Two Travelers, worn out by the heat of the summer's sun, laid themselves down at noon under the widespreading branches of a plane-tree. As they rested under its shade, one of the travelers said to the other, "What a singularly useless tree is the Plane! It bears no fruit, and is not of the least service to man." The Plane-tree, interrupting him, said, "You ungrateful fellows! Do you, while receiving benefits from me, and resting under my shade, dare to describe me as useless, and unprofitable?"