You can’t please everyone
A man and his son were traveling to town with their donkey. The man rode the donkey as his son walked at the animal’s side. Before long they came across an old woman who said to the man “How selfish of you to ride that beast while your young son walks,” so the man climbed [...]
Learn the Hare’s lesson
The Hare and the Tortoise
A HARE one day ridiculed the short feet and slow pace of the Tortoise, who replied, laughing: “Though you be swift as the wind, I will beat you in a race.” The Hare, believing her assertion to be simply impossible, assented to the proposal; and they agreed that the Fox should [...]