Aesop's Fables

The Camel and the Travelers.

the animal came nearer, and they discovered that it was only a harmless Camel which had excited their fears.

Distance exaggerates dangers.

He who will steal a part will steal the whole.

So, while the young one seized every opportunity of pulling out the good man's gray hairs, the old one was as industrious in plucking out every black hair she could find, till he found that, between the one and the other, he had not a hair left.

days when a man was allowed more wives than one,

you will fight, it is a kindness to crop your ears, that they may not give your enemy the advantage."

Better be wise by the misfortunes of others than by your own.

How dare you approach so near? Be off, or I will kill you with the least stroke of my paw." T

The same measures will not suit all circumstances.

Much wants more, and loses all.