双语·《伊索寓言》 朱庇特和猴子

JUPITER AND THE MONKEY

Jupiter issued a proclamation to all the beasts, and offered a prize to the one who, in his judgment, produced the most beautiful offspring. Among the rest came the Monkey, carrying a baby monkey in her arms, a hairless, flat-nosed little fright. When they saw it, the gods all burst into peal on peal of laughter; but the Monkey hugged her little one to her, and said, “Jupiter may give the prize to whomsoever he likes: but I shall always think my baby the most beautiful of them all.”

朱庇特和猴子

朱庇特向所有野兽宣布，如果谁能生出他认为最美丽的后代，就给一份奖赏。猴子也在兽群当中，她抱在怀里的小猴子身上还没长毛，鼻子塌塌的，十分难看。诸神看到之后，哄堂大笑，但是猴子却把孩子抱紧，说道：“只要朱庇特喜欢他就会给奖赏，而我一直都认为我的宝宝是最美丽的呢。”