91 The Fox Without a Tail (2016. 05. 31)

It hapeended that a fox caught its tail in a trap, and in struggling to release himself lost all of it but the stump. At first he was ashamed to show himself among his fellow foxes. But at last he determined to put a bolder face upon his misfortune, and summoned all the foxes to a general meeting to consider a proposal which he had to place before them. 

When they had assembled together the fox proposed that they should all do away with their tails. He pointed out how inconveninet a tail was when they were pursued by their enemies, the dogs

; how much it was in the way when they desired to sit down and hold a friendly conversation with one another. He failed to see any advantage in carrying about such a useless encumbrance.

"That is all very well." said one of the older foxes; "But I do not think you would have recommended us to dispense with our chief ornament if you had not happened to lose it yourself."

Distrust interested advice.

struggling: 버둥거리는, 몸부림치는, 기를 쓰는

stump: 중요한 부분을 뺀 나머지 부분, 나머지 부분

misfortune: 불운, 불행, 역경

summon: 소환하다, 호출하다, 소집하다

encumbrance: 장애물, 귀찮은 것

dispense with: ~없이 지내다

ornament: 장식품, 장신구

distrust: 신뢰하지 않다, 의심을 풀다

interested: 흥미로운, 사심이 있는