Frogs can’t really help a Viper against a Watersnake.
Chambry (Viper and Watersnake)
Note: The Chambry collection is published in Greek. AI was used to translate the Greek to this text:
A viper was going often to a certain spring to drink. But the water snake who lived there tried to stop him, annoyed that the viper was not content with his own pasture but came also into his dwelling place. As their quarrel kept growing, they agreed to fight each other, with the winner to possess both the water and the land. After they set a date for the battle, the frogs—who hated the water snake—came to the viper to encourage him, promising that they too would be his allies. When the battle began, the viper fought the water snake, while the frogs, unable to do anything further, merely croaked loudly. When the viper won, he accused the frogs that although they had promised to help him in the fight, during the battle they not only failed to assist but simply sang. And they replied to him: “But know this well, dear fellow, that our alliance consists not in deeds, but only in voice.”
Moral
When action is needed, help offered only in words is completely useless.
How do you think an AI might simplify this fable? Here is one answer, and the illustration above was made from this simplification:
A viper and a water snake agreed to fight over territory. Frogs promised the viper their support, but when the battle started, they only croaked from a distance without helping. After the viper won alone, he reproached them, but the frogs admitted their “help” was only in words.
Moral
When real action is required, mere words or empty promises are worthless.
Perry. #90