Canis per flumen carnem cum ferret, natans lympharum in speculo vidit simulacrum suum, aliamque praedam ab altero ferri putans eripere voluit; verum decepta aviditas et quem tenebat ore dimisit cibum, nec quem petebat adeo potuit tangere.
A dog, while carrying a piece of meat across a river, caught sight of his own image floating in the mirror of the waters and, thinking that it was another prize carried by another dog, decided to snatch it. But his greed was disappointed: he let go the meal that he held in his mouth, and failed besides to grasp the meal for which he strove.
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