The beaver is a four-footed animal that lives mostly in lakes, and its private parts are said to be useful in medicine. When it is hunted by men and is about to be caught, it knows what they are after, so it bites off its own private parts and throws them to its pursuers, thus saving its life.
The fable shows that wise people likewise think nothing of their wealth when their own safety is at stake.
Ὁ κάστωρ ζῶόν ἐστι τετράπουν, ἐν λίμναις τὰ πολλὰ διαιτώμενον, οὗ τὰ αἰδοῖά φασιν ἰατροῖς χρήσιμα εἶναι. Οὗτος οὖν, ἐπειδὰν ὑπʼ ἀνθρώπων διωκόμενος καταλαμβάνηται, γινώσκων, οὐ χάριν διώκεται, ἀποτεμὼν τὰ ἑαυτοῦ αἰδοῖα ῥίπτει πρὸς τοὺς διώκοντας, καὶ οὕτω σωτηρίας τυγχάνει.
Ὁ μῦθος δηλοῖ, ὅτι οὕτω καὶ τῶν ἀνθρώπων οἱ φρόνιμοι ὑπὲρ τῆς ἑαυτῶν σωτηρίας οὐδένα λόγον τῶν χρημάτων ποιοῦνται.
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