A FROG once upon a time came forth from his home in the marsh and proclaimed to all the beasts that he was a learned physician, skilled in the use of drugs and able to heal all diseases. A Fox asked him, “How can you pretend to prescribe for others, when you are unable to heal your own lame gait and wrinkled skin?”
昔、一匹のカエルが沼のすみかから出てきて、すべての獣たちに向かって、自分は学識のある医者で、薬の使い方に通じ、あらゆる病気を治すことができると言いふらした。するとキツネがたずねた。「自分の不格好な歩き方やしわだらけの肌さえ治せないのに、どうしてほかの者に処方などできると言えるんだい?」
