The cock and the precious stone

　　公雞和寶玉

　　A COCK， scratching for food for himself and his hens， found a precious stone and exclaimed： “If your owner had found thee， and not I， he would have taken thee up， and have set thee in thy first estate； but I have found thee for no purpose. I would rather have one barleycorn than all the jewels in the world.”

　　一只公雞在田野里為自己和母雞們尋找食物。他發(fā)現(xiàn)了一塊寶玉，便對(duì)寶玉說：“若不是我，而是你的主人找到了你，他會(huì)非常珍惜地把你撿起來；但我發(fā)現(xiàn)了你卻毫無用處。我 與其得到世界上一切寶玉，倒不如得到一顆麥子好�！�

　　這是說自己需要的東西才是真正珍貴的。