【燕子和乌鸦的寓言故事】

　　有一次，燕子冲着乌鸦吹嘘自己的出生多么显赫。“我曾经是一个公主，”燕子说，“是雅典国王的女儿，但是我的丈夫却因为我的一个小过失而割掉了我的舌头。为了以免再次受到伤害，朱诺就把我变成了一只鸟。”“你可真会搬弄是非，”乌鸦说，“要是你没有损失舌头，又会变成什么样呢？我简直不敢想象。”

　　【燕子和乌鸦的故事寓意】

　　燕子和乌鸦的寓言故事告诉我们：永远不要预知未来，也不要把所有的事情放在明天，要好好的把握今天，踏踏实实。

　　【燕子和乌鸦的英文版】

　　THE SWALLOW AND THE CROW

　　A Swallow was once boasting to a Crow about her birth. “I was once a princess,” said she, “the daughter of a King of Athens, but my husband used me cruelly, and cut out my tongue for a slight fault. Then,to protect me from further injury, I was turned by Juno into a bird.” “You chatter quite enough as it is,” said the Crow. “What you would have been like if you hadn’t lost your tongue, I can’t think.”