Only cowards insult dying majesty.
这个故事带出的啟示就是：无论过去多麼辉煌，都难以避免辉煌失去后别人的不敬与报復。
A Lion had come to the end of his days and lay sick unto death at the mouth of his cave, gasping for breath. The animals, his subjects, came round him and drew nearer as he grew more and more helpless. When they saw him on the point of death they thought to themselves: "Now is the time to pay off old grudges." So the Boar came up and drove at him with his tusks; then a Bull gored him with his horns; still the Lion lay helpless before them: so the Ass, feeling quite safe from danger, came up, and turning his tail to the Lion kicked up his heels into his face. "This is a double death," growled the Lion.
一头年老体衰的狮子病得有气无力，奄奄一息地躺在地上。一头野猪冲到他身旁，狠狠地咬他，报復狮子以前对他的伤害。一会儿，一头野牛也用角来顶他，把狮子视為可恨的仇敌。当驴子看到可以对这庞大的野兽為所欲為时，也用他的蹄子用力去踢狮子的头部。这头快要断气的狮子说：「我已勉强忍受了勇者的施暴，但还得含羞忍受你这个小丑的侮辱，真是死不瞑目。」