A Tortoise, lazily basking in the sun, complained to the sea-birds of her hard fate, that no one would teach her to fly. An Eagle, hovering near, heard her lamentation and demanded what reward she would give him if he would take her aloft and float her in the air. "I will give you," she said, "all the riches of the Red Sea." "I will teach you to fly then," said the Eagle; and taking her up in his talons he carried her almost to the clouds suddenly he let her go, and she fell on a lofty mountain, dashing her shell to pieces. The Tortoise exclaimed in the moment of death: "I have deserved my present fate; for what had I to do with wings and clouds, who can with difficulty move about on the earth?'
一只乌龟懒洋洋地晒着太阳，向海鸟抱怨她的悲惨命运，没有人教她飞翔。一只鹰在附近盘旋，听到她的痛苦的说：“谁可以带她飞想要什么报酬都可以。我会给你红海的所有财富。”老鹰说“我来教你飞”；说着用爪子抓住乌龟飞翔白云，老鹰突然松开爪子，乌龟落到了一座高山上，龟壳摔成碎片。乌龟在死亡的那一刻惊呼道：“我活该，我要翅膀和云朵做什么，在地上艰难地移动有什么不好呢？
If men had all they wished, they would be often ruined.
如果人们拥有他们想要的一切，他们往往会被毁掉。