A boy was
hunting for locusts. He had caught a goodly number, when he saw a
Scorpion, and mistaking him for a locust, reached out his hand to
take him. The Scorpion, showing his sting, said: If you had but touched me,
my friend, you would have lost me and all your locusts too!'
有个小孩在城墙前捉蚱蜢，一会儿就捉了许多。忽然看见一只蝎子，他以为也是蚱蜢，便着两手去捕捉他。蝎子举起他的毒刺，说道：来吧，如果你真敢这样做，就连你捉的蚱蜢也会统统失掉。”
