A dog and a sow1 were arguing and each claimed that its own young ones were finer than those of any other animal. "Well," said the sow at last, "mine can see, at any rate, when they come into the world: but yours are born blind."

狗和母豬爭辯，都說自己的孩子更加出色。“嗯，”母豬最后說，“至少我的孩子一生下來就能看見東西，你的孩子生下來確是個瞎子！”