A Shepherd was bothered by Bees when he tried to steal honey. He ultimately gave up.
Babrius Translation
Some busy bees, beneath an old oak’s roots
Were making wax of gather’d flowers and fruits.
A shepherd saw them in sweet toil partake,
And of their comb a capture fain would make.
Round him they buzz’d, outvying one another
T’ avert the theft, the thief with stings to smother.
At last the shepherd, stung and smitten sore,
Exclaim’d, “I go! no honey want I more,
“If I must needs encounter stings of bees!”
Keep from another’s goods, and dwell at ease.
How do you think an AI might simplify this fable? Here is one answer, and the illustration above was made from this simplification:
The Bees and the Shepherd
Beneath an old oak tree, some bees were busy making wax from flowers and fruits. A shepherd saw their hard work and wanted to take their honeycomb for himself. But the bees swarmed around him, each trying to stop the thief. They stung him again and again. In pain, the shepherd cried out, “I give up! I don’t want honey if it comes with so many stings!”
Moral
Leave what belongs to others, and you will live in peace.
Perry. #400