有一只狐狸曾经落入捕兽器的圈套，经过一番斗争，他终于逃脱了，但却失去了一条尾巴。经此劫难，他觉得自己脸上无光，还不如一死了之，除非能够劝说其它狐狸也舍弃自己的尾巴，这样大家就不会再关注他的断尾了。于是他召集了所有狐狸开会，劝说他们也割掉自己的尾巴，他当众宣称：“你们的尾巴实在太难看了，一直带着尾巴四处走，这简直太让人厌恶了。”然而，有一只狐狸站出来反驳道：“喂，朋友，如果你没有丢掉自己的尾巴，就不会这样煞费苦心地来劝说我们了。”

　　【断尾巴的狐狸的故事寓意】

　　断尾巴的狐狸这篇寓言故事告诉了我们：有些人为了自己的利益而劝告他人，我们不能轻信他们的意见。

　　【断尾巴的狐狸的英文版】

　　THE FOX WITHOUT A TAIL

　　A fox once fell into a trap，and after a struggle managed to get free.but with the loss of his brush He was then so much ashamed of his appearance that he thought life was not worth living unless he could persuade the other Foxes to part with their tails also，and thus divert attention from his own loss So he called a meeting of all the Foxes，and advised them to cut oft"their tails：“They’re ugly things anyhow,”he said.“and besides they’re heavy,and it’s tiresome to be always carrying them about with you”But one of the other Foxes said，“My friend，if you hadn’t lost your own tail，you wouldn’t be so keen on getting us to cutoffours。”