Dog said to throw a letter which only benefited the Ass away.
Chambry (The Donkey and the Dog Traveling Together)
Note: The Chambry collection is published in Greek. AI was used to translate the Greek to this text:
A donkey and a dog were traveling the same road. Finding on the ground a sealed letter, the donkey took it, broke the seal, and unrolled it, reading it aloud for the dog to hear. The letter turned out to be about fodder—grass, barley, and chaff. So the dog, hearing the donkey read these things, was displeased, and said to the donkey: “Stop for a moment, dearest friend, in case you find something about meat and bones while you are going through it.” But the donkey, having read through the whole letter and found nothing of what the dog was seeking, the dog then said again: “Throw it down to the ground, friend, for it turns out to be entirely worthless.”
How do you think an AI might simplify this fable? Here is one answer, and the illustration above was made from this simplification:
Once, a donkey and a dog found a letter on the road. The donkey read it aloud, but it only spoke of hay and barley. The dog grew impatient, hoping to hear of meat and bones. When nothing of the sort was found, the dog declared the letter useless. So, what delights one may bore another.
Moral
What pleases some is of no value to others.
Perry. #264