驢和買驢的人 The ass and his purchaser
A man wanted to buy an ass. He went to the market, and saw a likely one. But he wanted to test him first.
一個買主到市場上去買驢，他看中一頭外表不錯的驢。但是他想要先牽走試一試。
So he took the ass home, and put him into the stable with the other asses. The new ass looked around, and immediately went to choose a place next to the laziest ass in the stable.
于是他把驢帶回家，把它和其他驢放在馬廄里。新驢四處張望，馬上就在馬廄里最懶的驢的旁邊選了一個地方。
When the man saw this he put a halter on the ass at once, and gave him back to his owner.The owner felt quite surprised. He asked the man, "Why are you back so soon? Have you tested him already?" "I don't want to test him any more," replied the man.
于是，買驢的人立刻給那頭驢套上韁繩，牽去還給驢的賣主。賣主感到很奇怪，他問買主：“你怎么這么快就回來了?你測試過它了么？”“不必再試了，從他所選擇什么樣的朋友來看，我已經知道他是什么樣的了。”買主回答。
From the companion he chose for himself, I could see what sort of animal he is."
寓意：物以類聚，人以群分。所以，我們可以根據一個人的朋友來推斷他的為人。
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