HAPPY FRIDAY, POU!
We continue our series on Aesop’s Fables.
The Kid and the Wolf
A KID (young goat) was placed on the roof of a house by a shephard to keep him out of harm’s way. He saw a Wolf passing by and immediately began to taunt, jeer, abuse and revile him.
The Wolf, looking up, said,
“I hear you: yet it is not you who are mocking me, but the roof on which you are standing.”
MORAL: Its one thing to say some things when you are out of harm’s way, and another when you are not.
This reminds me of some Black pundits…
The Tame Pigeons and the Wild Pigeons
A bird trapper tied his Tame Pigeons to some nets and laid in waiting for something to happen.
After a while some Wild Pigeons buy 10 viagra pills came and got tangled up in the nets.
When the Trapper came to get them, the Wild Pigeons accused the Tame pigeons of being traitors for not warning them.
The Tame Pigeons said:
In our position, it is more important not to offend our master than to earn the gratitude of our own kind.”
MORAL: Slaves fear offending their masters more than benefitting their kindred souls.
The Fox and the Grapes
A HUNGRY FOX saw a cluster of ripe black grapes hanging from a vine on a lattice.
She resorted to all sorts of tricks to get at them. After a while she became tired from trying in vain.
At last she turned away, hiding her disappointment and saying: “The Grapes are sour, and not ripe as I thought.”
MORAL: We often pretend we do not like what we cannot have.