一群苍蝇和蜂蜜罐 伊索着 江铭辉 五梦网
图：一群苍蝇将脚停在蜂蜜上，贪婪的吃蜂蜜。
在管家的房间有一罐蜂蜜被打翻，众多的苍蝇被蜂蜜甜美的味道所吸引，将脚停在蜂蜜上，贪婪的吃，然而，因为它们的脚被蜂蜜黏住了，以致不能使用自己的翅膀，使自己脱离，并窒息而死。
它们将要死时，大声说：「啊！我们是一群笨蛋，为了满足小小的欢乐，我们自己竟然杀死自己。」
译者评论：古人说：「乐极生悲。」一个人碰到得意的事时，要记住，千万要居安思危，不要得意忘形，非但煮熟的鸦子没了，自己还惹了麻烦。各位都听过「塞翁失马，焉知非福」，同样「塞翁得马，焉知非祸」。寓言中的苍蝇，看到蜂蜜，高兴得很，忘记居安思危，将脚停在蜂蜜上，被蜂蜜黏住，导致死亡。
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.