●Jupiter issued a proclamation to all the beasts of the forest, and promised a royal reward to the one whose offspring should be deemed the handsomest.

●A Monkey presented, with all a mother's tenderness, a flat-nosed, hairless, ill-featured young Monkey as a candidate for the promised reward.

●A general laugh saluted her on the presentation of her son.

●She resolutely said, "I don't know whether Jupiter will allot the prize to my son; but I do know that he is at least in the eyes of me--his mother, the dearest and handsomest of all."





●丘比特向森林里所有的动物发布公告，承诺谁的儿女被认为是最漂亮或是最英俊的就能够得到丰厚的奖赏。

●一只猴子充满着母性温柔地介绍一个塌鼻子、秃头的、五官不端正的小猴子作为候选人来参选。

●一见到母猴的儿子，动物们一片哗然。

●母猴坚毅地说：“我不知道丘比特是否会把奖赏派给我的儿子，但是，我确信的是，他至少在我——他的母亲的眼里，是最亲爱的、最英俊的。”





寓意：



Love is blind. 爱是盲目的。