A Tortoise, lazily basking in the sun, complained to Artemis the mother of the sea-birds of
her hard fate, that no one would teach her to fly.
An Eagle, hovering
near, heard her lamentation and demanded what reward she would give him,
if he would take her aloft and float her in the air.
I will give you,she said,
all the riches of the Red Sea.
I will teach you to fly then,said the Eagle; and taking her up in his talons he carried her almost to the clouds, - when suddenly letting her go, she fell on a lofty mountain and dashed her shell to pieces.
The Tortoise exclaimed in the
moment of death:
I have deserved my present fate; for what have I to do with wings in clouds, when i have no difficulty moving about on the earth?
Moral:
If men had all they wished, they would be often ruined.
be contented.
If men had all they wished, they would be often ruined.
be contented.
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