A stag overpowered by heat came to a spring to drink. Seeing his own shadow reflected in the water, he greatly admired the size and variety of his horns, but felt angry with himself for having such slender and weak feet. While he was thus contemplating himself, a Lion appeared at the pool and crouched to spring upon him. The Stag immediately took to flight, and exerting his utmost speed, as long as the plain was smooth and open kept himself easily at a safe distance from the Lion. But entering a wood he became entangled by his horns, and the Lion quickly came up to him and caught him. When too late, he thus reproached himself: “Woe is me!How I have deceived myself!These feet which would have saved me I despised, and I gloried in these antlers which have proved my destruction.” What is most truly valuable is often underrated. 一头热得筋疲力尽的牡鹿来到一个泉边喝水。他看着自己倒映在水中的影子，十分欣赏自己的角的大小和多样姿态，但是却为有那样细小瘦弱的脚而生起自己的气来。当他正在这样注视自己时，一头狮子出现在池塘边，身子下蹲，猛然扑向他。牡鹿立刻开始以最快的速度飞奔，只要平原够平坦和开阔，他就能轻易地使自己与狮子保持一段安全的距离。但是进入小树林时，他的角被缠住了，狮子很快赶上来抓住了他。一切都太晚了，他责怪自己说：“可怜的我！我是怎么欺骗了自己啊！这些我嫌恶的脚救了我，而我引以为耀的角却导致了我的毁灭。” 真正有价值的东西往往被低估了。