[Read more…] about The Dog and The CookA Dog invited another to the feast. The visiting Dog was found among the food by the cook who threw him out. To save face, visitor said he was drunk.
Some respect is due the servant for the sake of the master.
The Placeman and The Husbandman
[Read more…] about The Placeman and The HusbandmanA Placeman met a Peasant and asked why the Peasant did not flatter to advance. The Peasant asked why not work and get out of the slavery of the mind.
Prize only honors which man can neither give nor take away.
The Village Quack
[Read more…] about The Village QuackA Village idler decided to play a trick and told people he would show a horseless wheel carriage. They came and paid. He showed a wheel-barrow.
If it sounds too good to be true, it probably is.
The Man and The Stone
[Read more…] about The Man and The StoneAesop reported one person at the bath after seeing one man move a Stone others were tripping over. Master found others. Aesop said others were not men.
A true man helps others.
The Gardener and His Landlord
[Read more…] about The Gardener and His LandlordA Gardener rented a garden with a destructive Hare. The Landlord came with friends and Dogs to catch the Hare. In trying they destroyed the garden. Ooops.
Be careful what you ask for; people helping can cause more grief than the original problem.
The Ploughman and Fortune
[Read more…] about The Ploughman and FortuneA Countryman found treasure and gave thanks to the ground. Fortune came asking why he thanked the ground when Fortune would have been otherwise blamed.
Everyone is more or less master of his own fate.