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, 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 lost sight of the facts, I shouldn't have been ruined by my fancies.”
有一只狼在平原上漫游，天上的太阳越来越低，他的影子越来越长，他看到后大吃一惊，自言自语地说：“我真不知道自己这么巨大！想想过去，我居然害怕狮子！哎呀，我才是兽中之王啊，哪轮得到他！”他不留心环境是否危险，只顾炫耀自己，觉得事实就是这样。就在这时，一只狮子扑到他身上，开始大快朵颐。狼惨叫道：“哎呀，我真是罔顾事实，完全被自己的幻想给害了！”