中英对照：

There was once a turtle who was very jealous of the eagle's ability to fly high in the sky.

有一只乌龟非常羡慕老鹰，能够在天空自由地飞翔。

and So he asked the eagle, "Would you take me with you to fly up into the sky?"

所以，有一天它问老鹰: “你可不可以带我一起飞上天?”

The eagle agreed and the eagle told the turtle, "You'll have to use your mouth to hold tightly to my feet and don't open your mouth."

老鹰答应了，它说:“你只要用你的嘴巴，紧紧地咬住我的脚，绝对不要开口。”

Then the eagle took the turtle up into the sky, and they flew happily back and forth.

然后老鹰把乌龟带上天空，飞得好开心。

All the animals of the forest were filled with admiration for the turtle.

下面所有的动物都很羡慕、很佩服。

And the turtle heard one of them ask,"I wonder who was so smart as to think of that idea."

乌龟听到有人说:“不晓得是谁这么聪明，想出这个办法?”

The turtle was anxious to tell them that it was he who thought of that idea. As soon as he opened his mouth to speak, he plunged to the ground.

乌龟很想告诉大家，办法是它想出来的，因此它开口说话。它一开口，就从高空中摔了下来。

小故事·大启示：

当我们太得意的时候，我们经常忘记自己是谁，忘记我们有弱点。

骄傲可以使我们失败。

成功的阶梯，是用谦虚铺设出来的。