Fable
The Eagle and The Beetle
A Beetle once begged the Eagle to spare a Hare
which had run to her for protection. But the Eagle pounced upon her prey, the
sweep of her great wings tumbling the Beetle a dozen feet away. Furious at the
disrespect shown her, the Beetle flew to the Eagle's nest and rolled out the
eggs. Not one did she spare. The Eagle's grief and anger knew no bounds, but
who had done the cruel deed she did not know.
Next
year the Eagle built her nest far up on a mountain crag; but the Beetle found
it and again destroyed the eggs. In despair the Eagle now implored great
Jupiter to let her place her eggs in his lap. There none would dare harm them.
But the Beetle buzzed about Jupiter's head, and made him rise to drive her
away; and the eggs rolled from his lap.
Now
the Beetle told the reason for her action, and Jupiter had to acknowledge the
justice of her cause. And they say that ever after, while the Eagle's eggs lie
in the nest in spring, the Beetle still sleeps in the ground. For so Jupiter
commanded.
Moral
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Even the weakest may find means to avenge a wrong.
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