The Cock and the Jewel 公雞和寶玉1
A COCK, scratching for food for himself and hishens, found a precious stone and exclaimed: "If your owner hadfound thee, and not I, he would have taken thee up, and have setthee in thy first estate; but I have found thee for no purpose. Iwould rather have one barleycorn than all the jewels in theworld."
一隻公雞在田野裡為自己和母雞們尋找食物。他發現了一塊寶玉,便對寶玉說:“若不是我,而是你的主人找到了你,他會非常珍惜地把你撿起來;但我發現了你卻毫無用處。我與其得到世界上一切寶玉,倒不如得到一顆麥子好。”
這是說自己需要的東西才是真正珍貴的。