105.The Donkey, the Cock, and the Lion
A DONKEY and a cockerel were in a straw-yard together when a lion drew near. He was about to spring on the donkey when the cock crowed so loudly that the lion fled – it is said that lions fear the sound of crowing cocks.
The donkey imagined that the lion fled because of him, and galloped after him, intending to attack him. But when the lion had run a little off and could not hear the cock, he turned round, seized the donkey and tore him to pieces.
As he was dying, the donkey brayed,”How stupid of me to set out to fight when I was not born to warlike parents!”
❖ Overconfidence, no matter how sweet and brisk at first glance, may lead into trouble.
❖ In a good life, as good as everything needs to be treated with care, especially at the beginning, so that the return may lead to a flowering.
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