狐狸和烏鴉 伊索 著 江銘輝 五夢網
圖：烏鴉急於反駁，回應狐狸對她聲音的批評，唱出響亮的啼聲，於是肉應聲落下來。
一隻烏鴉偷了一點肉片，站在樹枝上休息，嘴裡咬著這塊肉，一隻狐狸看見了，渴望自己也能得到那塊肉，因此施出狡猾的計謀，成功了。
狐狸走到樹底下，大聲稱讚:「多麼美麗高貴的烏鴉啊! 她有美麗的身段，姣好的臉蛋，喔！如果她的嗓音能夠和她的外型一樣美麗，她將成為鳥中女王的不二人選。這些話全部是狐狸的詭計，但是烏鴉卻沒有想到，她急於反駁，回應狐狸對她聲音的批評，唱出響亮的啼聲，於是肉應聲落下來。狐狸很快拾起肉片，就對烏鴉說：「我的善良烏鴉，妳的聲音還可以，但妳缺乏地是智慧。」
譯者評論：誠如本網站的宗旨，一個人成功的要素有三，缺一不可，一是努力，二是機會，第三點也是最重要的是智慧。智慧能累積財富，使許多人為我工作，譬如：現在的連鎖店，如果你不開連鎖店，縱使你所開的店面生意興隆，所賺的財富有限，一旦成立好幾百家甚至於幾千家的連鎖店，那財源就會滾滾而來。寓言中的狐狸利用狡計，騙得烏鴉的一塊肉，雖不可取，但也顯示智慧的重要。本寓言另有一個教訓，即當別人對你奉承或戴高帽子時，內心要自我謹惕，不要飄飄欲仙，以免上當，像寓言中的烏鴉，上了狐狸的當。
The fox and the crow
A Crow having stolen a bit of flesh, perched in a tree, and held it in her beak. A Fox seeing her, longed to possess himself of the flesh; and by a wily stratagem succeeded.
“ How beautiful is the Crow," he exclaimed, "in the beauty of her shape and in the fairness of her complexion! Oh, if her voice were only equal to her beauty, she would deservedly be considered the queen of Birds!" This he said deceitfully; but the crow, anxious to refute the reflection cast upon her voice, set up a loud caw, and dropped the flesh. The fox quickly picked it up, and thus addressed the Crow; "My good crow, your voice is right enough, but your wit is wanting.”