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犬と影
The Dog and the Shadow

　犬が A DOG, 小川にかかる橋を渡っていました crossing a bridge over a stream 肉片を口にくわえてですが with a piece of flesh in his mouth, 水に映った自分の影をみて saw his own shadow in the water それを他の犬の姿と思いました and took it for that of another Dog, 自分の２倍の大きさの肉をくわえているように見えたのです with a piece of meat double his own in size.
　犬はすぐさま He immediately 自分の肉をほおり出し let go of his own, もう一匹の犬に向かって猛攻撃しました and fiercely attacked the other Dog その大きな肉片を得るために to get his larger piece from him. こうして犬は両方とも失なってしまったのです He thus lost both: つまり一つは犬が水の中につかもうとしたもの that which he grasped at in the water, それは影でしたし because it was a shadow; そして自分のもです and his own, それは川が流してしまいましたから because the stream swept it away.

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（原文）
A DOG, crossing a bridge over a stream with a piece of flesh in his mouth, saw his own shadow in the water and took it for that of another Dog, with a piece of meat double his own in size. He immediately let go of his own, and fiercely attacked the other Dog to get his larger piece from him. He thus lost both: that which he grasped at in the water, because it was a shadow; and his own, because the stream swept it away.