In making his way through a hedge a Fox missed his footing and caught at a Bramble to save himself from falling. Naturally, he got badly scratched, and in disgust he cried to the Bramble, “It was your help I wanted, and see how you have treated me! I'd sooner have fallen outright.” The Bramble, interrupting him, replied, “You must have lost your wits, my friend, to catch at me, who am myself always catching at others.”
在爬过树篱的时候，狐狸失足没踩稳，抓住一根荆棘才没有掉下去。当然，他被荆棘给划伤了，于是恼怒地向荆棘说：“我是需要你的帮助，可是看看你是怎么对我的！我还不如直接摔下去呢！”荆棘打断他的话说道：“朋友，你可真是糊涂了，居然来抓我，我可是一向去抓别的东西的。”