English Original
A grasshopper sat chirping in the branches of a tree. A fox heard her and, thinking what a dainty morsel she would make, tried to get her down by a trick. Standing below in full view, he praised her song in the most flattering terms and begged her to descend, saying he wished to meet the owner of so beautiful a voice.
The grasshopper was not to be taken in. She replied, "You are very much mistaken, my dear sir, if you imagine I am going to come down. I keep well out of the way of you and your kind ever since the day I saw numbers of grasshoppers' wings strewn about the entrance to a fox's earth."
中文翻译
一只蚂蚱坐在树枝上叽叽喳喳地鸣叫。一只狐狸听到了她的叫声，心想这可是一顿美餐，便想用诡计诱使她下来。他站在树下，完全暴露在蚂蚱的视线内，用最奉承的话语赞美她的歌声，并恳求她下来，说他想结识拥有如此美妙嗓音的主人。
蚂蚱并没有上当。她回答说：“亲爱的先生，如果你以为我会下来，那你就大错特错了。自从那天我看到狐狸的洞口散落着许多蚂蚱的翅膀后，我就一直远远地避开你和你的同类了。”