The Sheep & the Pig:
One day a shepherd discovered a fat Pig in the meadow where his
Sheep were pastured. He very quickly captured the porker, which
squealed at the top of its voice the moment the Shepherd laid
his hands on it.
You would have thought, to hear the loud squealing,
that the Pig was being cruelly hurt.
But in spite of
its squeals and struggles to escape, the Shepherd tucked his
prize under his arm and started off to the butcher's in the
market place.
The Sheep in the pasture were much astonished and amused at the
Pig's behavior, and followed the Shepherd and his charge to the
pasture gate.
"What makes you squeal like that?" asked one of the
Sheep. "The Shepherd often catches and carries off one of us.
But we should feel very much ashamed to make such a terrible
fuss about it like you do."
"That is all very well,"
replied the Pig, with a squeal and a frantic kick. "When he
catches you he is only after your wool. But he wants my bacon!
gree-ee-ee!"
"It is easy to be brave when there is no danger."
The Cat & the Birds:
A Cat was growing very thin. As you have guessed, he did not
get enough to eat. One day he heard that some Birds in the
neighborhood were ailing and needed a doctor.
So he put on a pair of spectacles, and with a
leather box in his hand, knocked at the door of the Bird's
home.
The Birds peeped out, and Dr. Cat, with much solicitude, asked
how they were. He would be very happy to give them some
medicine.
"Tweet, tweet," laughed the Birds. "Very smart,
aren't you? We are very well, thank you, and more so, if you
only keep away from here."
"Be wise and shun the quack."
The Goose & the Golden Egg:
There was once a Countryman who possessed the most wonderful
Goose you can imagine, for every day when he visited the
nest, the Goose had laid a beautiful, glittering, golden
egg.
The Countryman took the eggs to market and soon
began to get rich. But it was not long before he grew
impatient with the Goose because she gave him only a single
golden egg a day.
He was not getting rich fast enough. Then one day, after he
had finished counting his money, the idea came to him that
he could get all the golden eggs at once by killing the
Goose and cutting it open.
But when the deed was done, not a single golden
egg did he find, and his precious Goose was dead.
"Those who have plenty want more and so lose all they have."
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