一群蒼蠅和蜂蜜罐 伊索著 江銘輝 五夢網
圖：一群蒼蠅將腳停在蜂蜜上，貪婪的吃蜂蜜。
在管家的房間有一罐蜂蜜被打翻，眾多的蒼蠅被蜂蜜甜美的味道所吸引，將腳停在蜂蜜上，貪婪的吃，然而，因為它們的腳被蜂蜜黏住了，以致不能使用自己的翅膀，使自己脫離，並窒息而死。
它們將要死時，大聲說：「啊！我們是一群笨蛋，為了滿足小小的歡樂，我們自己竟然殺死自己。」
譯者評論：古人說：「樂極生悲。」一個人碰到得意的事時，要記住，千萬要居安思危，不要得意忘形，非但煮熟的鴉子沒了，自己還惹了麻煩。各位都聽過「塞翁失馬，焉知非福」，同樣「塞翁得馬，焉知非禍」。寓言中的蒼蠅，看到蜂蜜，高興得很，忘記居安思危，將腳停在蜂蜜上，被蜂蜜黏住，導致死亡。
The Flies and the Honey pot
A Jar of Honey having been upset in a housekeeper's room, a number of flies were attracted by its sweetness, and placing their feet in it, ate it greedily. Their feet, however, became so smeared with the honey that they could not use their wings, nor release themselves, and were suffocated. Just as they were expiring, they exclaimed, "O foolish creatures that we are, for the sake of a little pleasure we have destroyed ourselves."