Prevod
Once a frog in a pond called out to all the animals, “I am a physician, skilled in medicines.” A fox who heard him said, “How will you cure others when you cannot heal your own lameness?” The fable shows that someone who has never been educated cannot teach others.
Izvirnik
Ὄντος ποτὲ βατράχου ἐν τῇ λίμνῃ, καὶ τοῖς ζώοις πᾶσιν ἀναβοήσαντος, ,,ἔγὼ ἰατρός εἰμι φαρμάκων ἐπιστήμων,“ ἀλώπηξ ἀκούσασα ἔφη· ,,πῶς σὺ ἄλλους σώσεις, σαυτὸν χωλὸν ὄντα μὴ θεραπεύων;“
Ὁ μῦθος δηλοῖ, ὅτι ὁ παιδείας ἀμύητος ὑπάρχων, πῶς ἄλλους παιδεῦσαι δυνήσεται;