.comment-link {margin-left:.6em;}

Grizzly Mama

There's a Grizzly who has escaped the City of Brotherly Love..(and she's going back to homeschooling!!)

My Photo
Name:
Location: Out of Philly, Pennsylvania, United States

"All who have meditated on the art of governing mankind have been convinced that the fate of empires depends on the education of youth." Aristotle - Greek Philosopher.

Friday, December 01, 2006

Aesop's Fable Friday

The Horse and the Stag


A Horse used to graze in a meadow which he had all to himself. But one day a Stag came into the meadow, and said he had as good a right to feed there as the Horse, and moreover chose all the best places for himself.

The Horse, wishing to be revenged upon his unwelcome visitor, went and asked a man if he would help him to turn out the Stag.

"Yes," said the man, "I will , but only if you let me put a bridle in your mouth and mount on your back."

The Horse agreed to this, and the two together very soon turned the Stag out of the pasture: but when that was done, the Horse found to his dismay that in the man he had got a master forever.

Moral of the story: Vengeance may be worse than the deed that provoked it.

My alternative moral: You're better off taking care of these kind of things yourself!!

Another alternative moral: Don't obligate yourself to anything distasteful even in times of need.

2 Comments:

Blogger Mike Slag said...

Hey, just found your site through a comment you left over at blonde sagacity, anyway, I just checked it out and I think it is fantastic. First, that map above this post is really cool.

Next, I think it is AWESOME that you put up Aesop's fables on your site (weekly it looks like) I also like your alternative morals. Good stuff, anyway keep up the good work! Take care!

06 December, 2006 09:27  
Blogger Grizzly Mama said...

Thank you Mike. You're going on the sidebar, baby.

06 December, 2006 19:36  

Post a Comment

<< Home