有个人生了病，状况非常严重，他向众神发誓，如果能恢复健康，他一定会供奉一百头牛给众神。众神想要看看他是否能遵守诺言，很快便让他痊愈了。他其实根本没有一百头牛，于是就用酥油做成了一百头小牛，放到，扯台上供奉给众神，同时嘴里还说着：“众神灵，我请你们来见证，我已经还清了自己许下的愿。”众神决定要报复他，便带他进入了一个梦境。在梦里，他被命令到海边去，在那里他将找到一百个银元。他带着激动的心情赶忙跑到海边，可是却遇上了一群强盗，强盗抓住他并将他卖了去当奴隶，而卖他所得的钱正好是一百个银元，也就是他要取的总教目。
【说谎的人的故事寓意】
说谎的人这篇伊索寓言告诉了我们，我们在生活和工作中要实事求是，能做到就是能做到，不能做到也不要许下力所不能及的大话。
【说谎的人的英文版】
THE IMPOSTOR
A certain man fell ill，and，being in a very bad way,he made a vow that he would sacrifice a hundred oxen to the gods if they would grant him a return to health.Wishing to see how he would keep his VOW they caused him to recover in a short time.Now,he hadn’t an ox in the world，So he made a hundred little oxen out of tallow and offered them up on an altar,at the same time saying，“Ye gods，I call you to witness that I have discharged my VOW.”The gods determined to be even with him，So they sent him a dream，in which he was bidden to go to the sea- shore and fetch a hundred crowns which he was to find there.Hastening in great excitement to the shore，he fell in with a band of robbers，who seized him and carried him off to sell as a slave：and when they sold him a hundred crowns was the slln]he fetched.
Do not promise more than you can perform.
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