a sailor, bound on a long voyage, took with him a monkey to amuse him while on shipboard. as he sailed off the coast of greece, a violent tempest arose in which the ship was wrecked and he, his monkey, and all the crew were obliged to swim for their lives. a dolphin saw the monkey contending with the waves, and supposing him to be a man (whom he is always said to befriend), came and placed himself under him, to convey him on his back in safety to the shore. when the dolphin arrived with his burden in sight of land not far from athens, he asked the monkey if he were an athenian. the latter replied that he was, and that he was descended from one of the most noble families in that city. the dolphin then inquired if he knew the piraeus (the famous harbor of athens). supposing that a man was meant, the monkey answered that he knew him very well and that he was an intimate friend. the dolphin, indignant at these falsehoods, dipped the monkey under the water and drowned him.

有一个航海家出海去远航，随身带了一只猴子，为的是在漫长的旅途中解闷、消遣。【这些妖怪怎么都有血条】可是，船刚离开希腊，就遇到了狂风暴雨。船被打翻，船上所有的人纷纷跳海泅水逃生，猴子也随着众人跳入海中。海豚看到了猴子，误以为他是个人，就游到他身边，让猴子骑到自己背上，把他送往岸边。当他们就要到达雅典的一个海港时，海豚问猴子，他是不是雅典人，猴子回答说:“是的，我们家还是名门望族呢！”海豚又问他，知不知道比雷埃乌斯（雅典东南部一个著名的港口城市），猴子以为海豚说的是一个人，就回答说:“我当然知道他了，我们是最亲密的朋友。”这时，海豚发现猴子在撒谎，十分气愤，就潜入了水中，结果猴子被淹死了。

吹牛、说谎、伪装都会有损于一个人的生命和尊严。