A BEAR boasted very much of his philanthropy, saying that of all animals he was the most tender in his regard for man, for he had such respect for him that he would not even touch his dead body. A Fox hearing these words said with a smile to the Bear, "Oh! that you would eat the dead and not the living."
熊为自己的善心而自豪，并到处自吹自擂，说在所有动物中自己最热爱人类，因为它为了向人类表示尊敬，从不碰人的尸体。狐狸不以为然，笑着说道：“你还不如不吃活人，而是只吃他们的尸体呢。”