寓意: 有些人輕易相信別人的話，拋棄自己的長(zhǎng)處，結(jié)果輕而易舉地被原來害怕自己的人擊敗了。

A lion once fell in love with a beautiful girl, so he went to her parents and asked them to marry her to him.

一只獅子愛上了一位美麗的女孩兒，便找到她的父母向她求婚。

The old parents did not know what to say.

女孩兒的父親不知道該如何回答。

They did not like the idea of giving their daughter to the lion, but they did not want to enrage the king of beasts.

他不忍將女兒許配給野獸，但又害怕激怒這獸中之王。

At last the father said, We are glad to marry our daughter to you, but we fear that you might possibly hurt her. So if you remove your claws and teeth, we will give her to you.

于是父親說：我們很樂意將女兒嫁給你，但又怕你不小心傷害她，如果你拔去牙齒，剁掉利爪，我們就將女兒嫁給你。

The lion loved the girl very much, so he trimmed his claws and took out his big teeth. When he came to the parents again, they simply laughed in his face, and beat him out of their house.

獅子非常愛這個(gè)女孩兒，于是他修剪了爪子，拔掉了尖牙后又去找女孩的父母。可是這時(shí)，他們嘲笑他，并把他趕了出去。