Prevod

(Knowing only one thing, too, often makes one good for nothing—the opposite extreme of the fault censured in the preceding fable.) If claiming to know everything Is ridiculous conceit, Being fit for just one purpose Is often no less a failing. Upon a table, one fine day, 5 An Umbrella, or Parasol, Was engaged in conversation With a Fan and a Muff; And in the tongue in which of old The Kettle to the Pot once spoke,[2] 10 It said to its two companions: “Oh, what fine treasures you both are! You, Muff, are useful in winter; In summer, off to a corner you go; You, Fan, are a useless article 15 When cold weather follows the heat. You cannot rise above a single trade: Learn from me, whether you like it or not, For in winter I am an Umbrella, And in summer a Parasol.” 20 [Note 2: This refers to Aesop’s fable of the Kettle and the Pot, whose example excuses the apparent impropriety of making not only animals speak, but even inanimate objects such as the Muff, the Fan, and the Parasol.]