陳蕙雅思教材 - 伊索寓言 (The Thirsty Pigeon)

The Thirsty Pigeon 口渴的鴿子

A PIGEON, oppressed by excessive thirst, saw agoblet of water  painted on a signboard. Not supposing it to be onlya picture,  she flew towards it with a loud whir and unwittinglydashed  against the signboard, jarring herself terribly. Havingbroken  her wings by the blow, she fell to the ground, and was caughtby  one of the bystanders.

Zeal should not outrun discretion.

有只鴿子口渴得很難受，看見畫板上畫著一個水瓶，以為是真的。他立刻呼呼地猛飛過去，不料一頭碰撞在畫板上，折斷了翅膀，摔在地上，被人輕易地捉住了。

這是說，有些人想急於得到所需的東西，一時衝動，草率從事，就會身遭不幸。