雙語·《伊索寓言》 朱庇特和猴子

JUPITER AND THE MONKEY

Jupiter issued a proclamation to all the beasts, and offered a prize to the one who, in his judgment, produced the most beautiful offspring. Among the rest came the Monkey, carrying a baby monkey in her arms, a hairless, flat-nosed little fright. When they saw it, the gods all burst into peal on peal of laughter; but the Monkey hugged her little one to her, and said, “Jupiter may give the prize to whomsoever he likes: but I shall always think my baby the most beautiful of them all.”

朱庇特和猴子

朱庇特向所有野獸宣布，如果誰能生出他認為最美麗的后代，就給一份獎賞。猴子也在獸群當中，她抱在懷里的小猴子身上還沒長毛，鼻子塌塌的，十分難看。諸神看到之后，哄堂大笑，但是猴子卻把孩子抱緊，說道：“只要朱庇特喜歡他就會給獎賞，而我一直都認為我的寶寶是最美麗的呢。”