A WOLF, meeting a big well-fed Mastiff with a wooden collar about his neck asked him who it was that fed him so well and yet compelled him to drag that heavy log about wherever he went. —
一只狼碰到了一只身穿木制项圈的肥胖大马士孚，问他是谁给他这么好吃的食物，却还让他处处拖着沉重的木头。 —

“The master,” he replied. Then said the Wolf: —
“是主人，”他回答说，然后狼说道: —

“May no friend of mine ever be in such a plight; —
“愿我的朋友永远都不会有这样的困境; —

for the weight of this chain is enough to spoil the appetite.”
因为这条链子的重量足以破坏食欲。”