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The woodcutter cut down a Mountain Oak and split it in pieces, making wedges of its own branches for dividing the trunk. The Oak said with a sigh, "I do not care about the blows of the axe ained at my roots, but I do grieve at being torn in pieces by these wedges made from m own branches."
The Moral: Misfortunes springing from ourselves are the hardest to bear.
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The Lion and the Eagle
An Eagle stayed from his flight and entreated a Lion to make an alliance with him to their mutual advantage. The Lion replied,
"I have no objection, but you must give me for requiring you to find surety for your good faith, for how can I trust anyone as a friend who is able to fly away from his bargain whenever he pleases?"
The Moral: Tru before you trust.
"I have no objection, but you must give me for requiring you to find surety for your good faith, for how can I trust anyone as a friend who is able to fly away from his bargain whenever he pleases?"
The Moral: Tru before you trust.
The Sick Lion
A Lion had come to the end of his days and lay sick unto death at the mouth of his cave. The animals, his subjects, came round him and drew nearer as he grew more and more and more helpless.
When they saw him on the point of death they thought to themselves:"Now is the time to pay off old grudges."
So the Boar came up and drove at him with his tusks; then a Bull gored him with his horns;still the Lion lay helpless before them: so the Donkey, feeling quite safe from danger,came up, and turning his tail to the Lion kicked up his heels into his face."This is a double death,"growled the Lion.
The Moral: Only cowards insult dying majesty.
When they saw him on the point of death they thought to themselves:"Now is the time to pay off old grudges."
So the Boar came up and drove at him with his tusks; then a Bull gored him with his horns;still the Lion lay helpless before them: so the Donkey, feeling quite safe from danger,came up, and turning his tail to the Lion kicked up his heels into his face."This is a double death,"growled the Lion.
The Moral: Only cowards insult dying majesty.
Two Pots
A river carried down in its stream two Pots, one made of earthenware and the other of brass. The Earthen Pot said to the Brass Pot, "Pray keep at a distance and do not come near me, for if you touch me ever so slightly, I shall be broken in pieces, and besides, I by no means wish to come near you. "
The Horse and Groom
A Groom used to spend whole days in currycombing and rubing down his Horse, but at the same time stole his oats and sold them for his own profit."Alas!" said the Horse, "if you really wish me to be in good condition, you should groom me less, and feed me more. "
The Moral : A man smile yet e a billain.
The Moral : A man smile yet e a billain.
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