伊索寓言~The Tortoise and the Eagle

A Tortoise, lazily basking in the sun, complained to the sea-birds of her hard fate,that no one would teach her to fly. An eagle, hovering near, heard her lamentation and demanded what reward she would give him if he would take her aloft and float her in the air. 'I will give you,' she said, 'all the riches of the Red Sea.' 'I will teach you to fly then。' said the eagle; and taking her up in his talons he carried her almost to the clouds suddenly he let her go, and she fell on a lofty mountain, dashing her shell to pieces. The Tortoise exclaimed in the moment of death:'I have deserved my present fate; for what had I to do with wings and clouds, who can with difficulty move about on the earth?' If men had all they wished, they would be often ruined. 一只乌龟在阳光下懒洋洋地晒太阳，抱怨自己命途多舛，无人教她学飞。一只苍鹰，在附近盘旋，听到了乌龟的悲叹和需求，就问会有什么报酬如果把她带到高空教她滑翔。“我会给你，”乌龟说，“红海里所有的财富！”“那我现在就教你飞翔。”苍鹰说着，就用鹰爪把乌龟带到云端，突然松开，乌龟狠狠地摔在高高的山崖上，粉身碎骨！那一刻，乌龟反醒到：“这是我命里的定数，一个只能在地上缓慢爬行的家伙，竟然要飞到云里去！” 这故事说明，那些好高鹜远，不切实际者必要失败。