A fly，chancing to sit on the back of a camel，who was trekking along weighed down with heavy burdens，was quite delighted with himself，as he appeared to be so much higher．After they had made along journey，they entered a stable in the evening together．The fly immediately exclaimed，skipping lightly to the ground，“See，I have got down directly，so that I may not weary you any longer，so galled as you are．”
The camel replied，“I thank you；but neither did I find myself op-pressed by your weight，when you were on me nor do I feel myself lightened at all now you have dismounted．”
He who，while he is of no standing，boasts to be of a lofty one，is looked down upon with contempt when he comes to be known．Exercises：
判断对（T）、错（F）：
①A fly was delighted with himself because he appeared to be so much higher on the back of a camel．②The fly got down from the back of the camel because he didn't want to stay there any longer．③The camel was very thankful to the fly because this could lighten the weight on his back．④The fly refers to a man who is of no standing but who boasts to be of a lofty one． |