Two frogs were neighbours.
One inhabited a deep pond, far removed
from public view; the other lived in a
gully containing little water, and
traversed by a country road.
The frog that lived in the pond warned
his friend to change his residence and
entreated him to come and live with him,
saying that he would enjoy greater
safety from danger and more abundant
food.
The other refused, saying that he felt
it so very hard to leave a place to
which he had become accustomed.
A few days afterwards a heavy wagon
passed through the gully and crushed him
to death under its wheels.
"A willful man will have
his way to his own hurt." |