Fable
The Mouse & The Weasel
A little hungry Mouse found his way one day
into a basket of corn. He had to squeeze himself a good deal to get through the
narrow opening between the strips of the basket. But the corn was tempting and
the Mouse was determined to get in. When at last he had succeeded, he gorged
himself to bursting. Indeed he became about three times as big around the
middle as he was when he went in.
At
last he felt satisfied and dragged himself to the opening to get out again. But
the best he could do was to get his head out. So there he sat groaning and
moaning, both from the discomfort inside him and his anxiety to escape from the
basket.
Just
then a Weasel came by. He understood the situation quickly.
"My
friend," he said, "I know what you've been doing. You've been
stuffing. That's what you get. You will have to stay there till you feel just
like you did when you went in. Good night, and good enough for you."
And
that was all the sympathy the poor Mouse got.
Moral - Greediness leads to misfortune.
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