An old oak，lamenting when too late the destruction of his companions，said to a neighboring cedar，“The first step has lost us all. If we had not given up the rights of the ash，we might yet have retained our own privileges and have stood for ages.”
Nothing bothers a man more than to see he has aided his own undoing.
披着羊皮的狼
The Wolf in Sheep’s Clothing
从前，有一只自作聪明的狼，为了能轻易得到食物，就把自己装扮成一只羊，瞒过了牧人，混进了羊群。到了晚上，他被牧人锁在了羊圈里。他心想终于可以美美地饱餐一顿了。正当他准备行动时，为明天准备食物的牧人来羊圈捉羊，错把披着羊皮的狼当成羊抓起来杀掉了。
