一隻狼在日落時漫步於平原上，看到自己的影子那麽長，他得意洋洋地自言自語道：“我還不知道自己的身體居然有這麽大。難以想像我竟然還怕一隻獅子！不，我不應該害怕他，我應該做百獸之王。”他沈醉於其中，忽視了身邊的危險。這時，一隻獅子向他撲來，開始撕咬他。“哎呀！”狼大聲喊道，“若不是沈醉於虛幻之中，我就不會被自己的幻想毀了呀。”

 

【狼和牠的影子的故事寓意】

 

　　狼和牠的影子這篇伊索寓言告訴了我們，我們不能沈醉於自己的小小成功中，也不要自信心過強，在生活中應該學會低調。

THE WOLF AND HIS SHADOW

A Wolf, who was roaming about on the plain when the sun was getting low in the sky, was much impressed by the size of his shadow, and said to himself, “I had no idea I was SO big. Fancy my being afraid of a lion! Why I did not he, ought to be King of the beasts”； and heedless of danger, he strutted about as if there could be no doubt at all about it. Just then a lion sprang upon him and began to devour him.“Alas, ”he cried, “had I not 10th sight of my facts, I shouldn’t have been ruined by my fancies.”