伊索寓言：驢和蚱蜢 the ASS AND THE GRASSHOPPERAN

Ass having heard some Grasshoppers chirping, was highly enchanted; and, desiring to possess the same charms of melody, demanded what sort of food they lived on, to give them such beautiful voices. They replied, "The dew." The Ass resolved that he would only live upon dew, and in a short time died of hunger.

驢和蚱蜢

一隻驢聽到幾隻蚱蜢在叫，便覺得很有趣；於是也想得到同樣有趣的音調，便問蚱蜢吃什麼東西過活，以致於能有這樣優美的聲音。蚱蜢說：「露水。」驢子聽了，從此以後也單吃露水過活，不久便餓死了。