THE DONKEY AND HIS SHADOW
It was a hot summer day. A traveler hired a donkey to carry him across the dusty road to the next town. The donkey was lazy. He stopped every now and then. So his master walked behind and flogged the animal to keep him moving on.
At noon, they stopped on the way to rest. The traveler sat in the shadow of the donkey for there was no other shade there.
It was very hot and the donkey's master was also very much tired. He, too, wanted to sit in the shade of his donkey. So he said to the traveler, "The donkey is mine and therefore his shadow, too, is mine. You hired the donkey himself. You said nothing about his shadow. So let me sit in the shade of my donkey."
The traveler said, "I have hired the donkey for the day. It is my right to use his shadow, too, for the whole day. You can't separate the shadow from the donkey, can you?"
While the two men were engaged in quarreling and fighting, the donkey ran away. He took away his shadow with him.
MORAL : THOSE WHO FIGHT OVER A SHADOW LOSE THE SUBSTANCE.
It was a hot summer day. A traveler hired a donkey to carry him across the dusty road to the next town. The donkey was lazy. He stopped every now and then. So his master walked behind and flogged the animal to keep him moving on.
At noon, they stopped on the way to rest. The traveler sat in the shadow of the donkey for there was no other shade there.
It was very hot and the donkey's master was also very much tired. He, too, wanted to sit in the shade of his donkey. So he said to the traveler, "The donkey is mine and therefore his shadow, too, is mine. You hired the donkey himself. You said nothing about his shadow. So let me sit in the shade of my donkey."
The traveler said, "I have hired the donkey for the day. It is my right to use his shadow, too, for the whole day. You can't separate the shadow from the donkey, can you?"
While the two men were engaged in quarreling and fighting, the donkey ran away. He took away his shadow with him.
MORAL : THOSE WHO FIGHT OVER A SHADOW LOSE THE SUBSTANCE.
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