[이솝우화] 뱀과 주피터THE 🐍 SNAKE AND JUPITER 🐍 蛇とユピテル

 

한 뱀은 몸이 길고 땅에서 몸을 들어 올릴 수 없어서 사람과 짐승에게 늘 밟혀 큰 고생을 했다. 
그래서 그는 자신이 겪는 위험을 하소연하려 주피터에게 갔다. 
그러나 주피터는 별로 동정하지 않았다. 
“네가 처음 너를 밟은 자를 물어 버렸더라면, 그 다음 사람들은 발을 어디에 디디는지 더 조심했을 것이다.”

💡교훈:
처음의 해를 단호히 막지 않으면, 계속해서 밟힌다.

 

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THE SNAKE AND JUPITER

A Snake suffered a good deal from being constantly trodden upon by man and beast, owing partly to the length of his body and partly to his being unable to raise himself above the surface of the ground: so he went and complained to Jupiter about the risks to which he was exposed. 

But Jupiter had little sympathy for him. 

"I dare say," 

said he, 

"that if you had bitten the first that trod on you, the others would have taken more trouble to look where they put their feet."

 

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🐍蛇とユピテル

ある蛇は、体が長くて地面から体を持ち上げられないため、人や獣にしょっちゅう踏まれてひどい目にあっていた。
そこで蛇は、その危険を訴えにユピテルのもとへ行った。
だがユピテルはほとんど同情しなかった。
「最初にお前を踏んだ者に噛みついておけば、そのあとの者たちは足もとをもっとよく見たはずだ。」

💡教訓:
最初の害を断固として止めなければ、踏みつけられ続ける。