有个人生了病，状况非常严重，他向众神發誓，如果能恢復健康，他一定会供奉一百头牛给众神。众神想要看看他是否能遵守诺言，很快便让他痊愈了。他其实根本没有一百头牛，于是就用酥油做成了一百头小牛，放到台上供奉给众神，同时嘴裡还说着：“众神灵，我请你们来见证，我已经还清了自己许下的愿。”众神决定要报復他，便带他进入了一个梦境。在梦裡，他被命令到海边去，在那裡他将找到一百个银元。他带着激动的心情赶忙跑到海边，可是却遇上了一群强盗，强盗抓住他并将他卖了去当奴隶，而卖他所得的钱正好是一百个银元，也就是他要取的总教目。

 

 

【说谎的人的故事寓意】

 

　　说谎的人这篇伊索寓言告诉了我们，我们在生活和工作中要实事求是，能做到就是能做到，不能做到也不要许下力所不能及的大话。

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THE IMPOSTOR

A certain man fell ill, and being in a very bad way, he made a vow that he would sacrifice a hundred oxen to the gods if they would grant him a return to health. Wishing to see how he would keep his VOW they caused him to recover in a short time. Now, he hadn’t an ox in the world. So he made a hundred little oxen out of tallow and offered them up on an altar, at the same time saying, “Ye gods! I call you to witness that I have discharged my VOW.”The gods are determined to be even with him. So they sent him a dream, in which he was bidden to go to the seashore and fetch a hundred crowns which he was to find there. Hastening in great excitement to the shore，he fell in with a band of robbers who seized him and carried him off to sell as a slave：and when they sold him a hundred crowns was the thing he fetched.

 

Do not promise more than you can perform.