[Read more…] about The Hart and The VineDo not mistreat those who help you. A Hart (stag) hides from hunters in vines. The Hart starts to nibble on the vines and gives himself away. Too bad.
Do not mistreat those who help you.
The Fox and The Hedgehog
[Read more…] about The Fox and The HedgehogA Fox with its tail caught was a feast for Mosquitoes. A Hedgehog offered to remove them. Fox said no; those on him were full; new would take more blood.
Consider carefully before changing your situation.
The Trees and The Axe
[Read more…] about The Trees and The AxeThe trees willingly give a woodsman a shaft for his axe. Ooops, too bad.
Nothing bothers a man more than to see he has aided his own undoing.
The Goose With The Golden Eggs
[Read more…] about The Goose With The Golden EggsA man owned a goose that laid golden eggs and decided to kill it to obtain the source of gold. There wasn’t one. Too bad.
Greed often overreaches itself.
The Traveler and Fortune
[Read more…] about The Traveler and FortuneA person slept by a well. Fortune, not wanting to be blamed for a drowning, saved the person from folly.
Everyone is more or less master of his own fate.
The Fisherman and The Little Fish
[Read more…] about The Fisherman and The Little FishA caught Fish pleads for life but the fisherman says no with no certainty of another.
A little thing in hand is worth more than a great thing in prospect.