Anjing dan Bayangannya

Seekor Anjing, yang baru saja dilempari tulang oleh tukang daging, sedang bergegas pulang membawa hadiahnya secepat mungkin. Saat menyeberangi jembatan penyeberangan yang sempit, ia kebetulan melihat ke bawah dan melihat bayangan dirinya terpantul di air yang tenang seolah-olah di dalam cermin.

A Dog, to whom the butcher had thrown a bone, was hurrying home with his prize as fast as he could go. As he crossed a narrow footbridge, he happened to look down and saw himself reflected in the quiet water as if in a mirror.

Namun Anjing yang serakah itu mengira ia melihat Anjing sungguhan yang membawa tulang yang jauh lebih besar daripada miliknya sendiri.

But the greedy Dog thought he saw a real Dog carrying a bone much bigger than his own.

Seandainya ia berhenti sejenak untuk berpikir, ia pasti tahu lebih baik. Namun bukannya berpikir, ia malah menjatuhkan tulangnya dan menerkam Anjing yang ada di sungai itu, hanya untuk mendapati dirinya berenang mati-matian demi mencapai tepi sungai.

If he had stopped to think he would have known better. But instead of thinking, he dropped his bone and sprang at the Dog in the river, only to find himself swimming for dear life to reach the shore.

Akhirnya ia berhasil merangkak keluar, dan saat berdiri sambil merenungi dengan sedih tentang tulang lezat yang telah hilang darinya, ia menyadari betapa bodohnya ia sebagai seekor Anjing.

At last he managed to scramble out, and as he stood sadly thinking about the good bone he had lost, he realized what a stupid Dog he had been.

Sangatlah bodoh bersikap serakah.

It is very foolish to be greedy.