A COCK, scratching for food for himself and his hens, found a precious stone and exclaimed: If your owner had found thee, and not I, he would have taken thee up, and have set thee in thy first estate; but I have found

　　thee for no purpose. I would rather have one barleycorn than all the jewels in the world.

　　一只公雞在田野里為自己和母雞們尋找食物。他發(fā)現(xiàn)了一塊寶玉，便對(duì)寶玉說：若不 是我，而是你的主人找到了你，他會(huì)非常珍惜地把你撿起來(lái);但我發(fā)現(xiàn)了你卻毫無(wú)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。