狐狸和乌鸦 伊索着 江铭辉 五梦网
图：乌鸦急于反驳，响应狐狸对她声音的批评，唱出响亮的啼声，于是肉应声落下来。
一只乌鸦偷了一点肉片，站在树枝上休息，嘴里咬着这块肉，一只狐狸看见了，渴望自己也能得到那块肉，因此施出狡猾的计谋，成功了。
狐狸走到树底下，大声称赞:「多么美丽高贵的乌鸦啊! 她有美丽的身段，姣好的脸蛋，喔！如果她的嗓音能够和她的外型一样美丽，她将成为鸟中女王的不二人选。这些话全部是狐狸的诡计，但是乌鸦却没有想到，她急于反驳，响应狐狸对她声音的批评，唱出响亮的啼声，于是肉应声落下来。狐狸很快拾起肉片，就对乌鸦说：「我的善良乌鸦，妳的声音还可以，但妳缺乏地是智慧。」
译者评论：诚如本网站的宗旨，一个人成功的要素有三，缺一不可，一是努力，二是机会，第三点也是最重要的是智慧。智慧能累积财富，使许多人为我工作，譬如：现在的连锁店，如果你不开连锁店，纵使你所开的店面生意兴隆，所赚的财富有限，一旦成立好几百家甚至于几千家的连锁店，那财源就会滚滚而来。寓言中的狐狸利用狡计，骗得乌鸦的一块肉，虽不可取，但也显示智能的重要。本寓言另有一个教训，即当别人对你奉承或戴高帽子时，内心要自我谨惕，不要飘飘欲仙，以免上当，像寓言中的乌鸦，上了狐狸的当。
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.”