A Partridge, newly bought, boasts but an established Weasel puts it in its place.
Chambry (The Partridge and the Weasel)
Note: The Chambry collection is published in Greek. AI was used to translate the Greek to this text:
A certain man, having bought a partridge, let it loose at home, for he greatly delighted in the creature. At once, the partridge began crying out with its customary call all through the courtyard—showing how excellent it was.
A weasel, plotting against it, approached, and first said: “Who are you, and from where do you come?” The partridge said: “I have been bought recently.” “I,” said the weasel, “have spent so long here, and inside this house the mouse-killing mother bore me,
yet I keep quiet and endure besides. And you, how is it that you, newly purchased as you say, have come and speak so boldly and shriek aloud?”
This tale is fitting for old men who have been chosen for honor, yet are confined by the same people out of envy.
How do you think an AI might simplify this fable? Here is one answer, and the illustration above was made from this simplification:
The Boastful Partridge and the Weasel
A man bought a proud partridge and set it free in his yard. The bird cried out loudly, showing off to all. A weasel crept up and said, “I was born here and stay silent, but you, newly arrived, make such a clamor.”
Moral
Those who boast too soon in a new place may stir envy and find themselves trapped.
Perry. #244