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The Horse and the Ass: A Lesson in Humility and Ingenuity

In this fable, a proud Horse encounters a heavily laden Ass on the road, feeling superior due to his fine trappings. He contemplates kicking the Ass but ultimately does nothing. Later, the Horse finds himself in a humble position, pulling a dung cart after becoming broken-winded. The Ass mocks him, highlighting the downfall of arrogance. In another tale, a thirsty Crow struggles to reach water in a pitcher and resorts to cleverness by dropping stones in to raise the water level. These stories teach that humility is more valuable than pride and that necessity drives innovation.

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The Horse and the Ass: A Lesson in Humility and Ingenuity

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  1. The Horse and the Ass A HORSE, proud of his fine trappings, met an Ass on the highway. The Ass, being heavily laden, moved slowly out of the way. "Hardly," said the Horse, "can I resist kicking you with my heels." The Ass held his peace, and made only a silent appeal to the justice of the gods. Not long afterwards the Horse, having become broken-winded, was sent by his owner to the farm. The Ass, seeing him drawing a dung cart, thus derided him: "Where, O boaster, are now all thy gay trappings, thou who are thyself reduced to the condition you so lately treated with contempt?” Better humble security than gilded danger.

  2. The Crow and the Pitcher A CROW perishing with thirst saw a pitcher, and hoping to find water, flew to it with delight. When he reached it, he discovered to his grief that it contained so little water that he could not possibly get at it. He tried everything he could think of to reach the water, but all his efforts were in vain. At last he collected as many stones as he could carry and dropped them one by one with his beak into the pitcher, until he brought the water within his reach and thus saved his life. Necessity is the mother of invention.

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