[公牛和青蛙] 伊索寓言青蛙和公牛
 
    Once upon a time a conceited frog never missed an opportunity to show his friends how different he was, and how much better than everyone else. When his folk were jumping, he always tried to do the highest jump, and when it was a question of diving, he was first into the water. In other words, he had to be tops all the time. 
  One day, a big ox came to drink at the pond. Frightened, all the frogs hopped away to hide in the reeds, but when they saw that the ox was harmless, they came out again to watch the huge beast. "Isn"t he whopping!" they exclaimed. One frog then said, "It would take hundreds of frogs like us to make one of him!"
  Now, the conceited frog, far more scared than the others, had dived into the water at the sight of the ox. But a little later he returned and, after listening to his friends" remarks, he said, "He"s certainly bigger than we are. But he"s not enormous !"
  But nobody was paying any attention to the conceited frog, so he raised his voice and puffing out his chest, an- nounced, "I could easily become as big as that ox! Look!"
  The frogs began to laugh at him. "You"re very little, far too little!" But the frog just blew himself out even more. "Now look," he whispered, as he tried not to lose air. His friends giggled. "What about now?" he managed to gasp, as he blew some more. "The ox is much bigger," came the reply.
  The conceited frog made a last great effort, taking an extra deep breath, he blew himself BANG! His skin burst! The astonished frogs saw their friend disappear from sight, for nothing was left of the conceited frog but scraps of green skin. The ox, who had raised his head when he heard the bang, went back to his drinking, and the frogs hopped away, remarking, "It doesn"t do any good to become "
 
  从前，有一只傲慢自大的青蛙，他总喜爱在伴侣面前表现出和别人不一样、比别人强的一
面。他的伙伴跳高的时候，他总是力争跳得最高；跳水的时候，他也要抢先一步。总之，他事事都要争第一。
  有一天，一头大公牛来池塘边喝水。青蛙都可怕极了，四散奔逃，全部躲进了芦苇里。可是，当他们发觉公牛不伤人的时候，又都跑出来看这头巨兽。“他不吼叫!〞青蛙们惊叹道。一只青蛙说：“几百只青蛙才比得过他!〞
  自大的那只青蛙这时比谁都可怕，一观察公牛就立即跳进了水里。但是过了一会儿他又回来了。听了伴侣们的话，他说：“没错，他是比我们大。可也并不是什么庞然大物。〞
  但是，没人留意去听这个自命非凡的青蛙说些什么，于是他提高嗓门，鼓起胸脯，宣布道：“我可以很轻松地变得和那家伙一样大。看呀!〞
  青蛙们都嘲讽他：“你太小了，实在太小了!〞自大的青蛙使更大的劲鼓气。“看〞，他憋着气，小声说，生怕漏一点儿气。伴侣们照旧咯咯地笑他。“如今呢?〞他继续鼓着气，只能牵强呼吸了。青蛙纷纷说：“公牛比你大得多。〞
  自大的青蛙最终使出吃奶的劲，又深深地吸了口气，用力地鼓肚子，鼓啊，鼓啊，直到……
ox
“嘭〞的一声!他把自己鼓爆了!青蛙们眼睁睁看着他们的伴侣从视线里消逝，都惊呆了，那只自大的青蛙除了几片绿的皮以外什么也没剩下。公牛听到响声抬头看了看，又低头喝水去了。青蛙们边跳边议论：“看来自高自大是不会有好结果的……〞