THE DOG AND HIS REFLECTION

A dog, crossing a bridge over a stream with a piece of flesh in his mouth, saw his own reflection in the water and took it for that of another dog, with a piece of meat double his own in size. He immediately let go of his own, and fiercely attacked the other Dog to get his larger piece from him. He thus lost both: that which he grasped at in the water, because it was a reflection; and his own, because the stream swept it away.

Moral: Be satisfied with what you have.

Reflection: The dog saw the reflection and thought that it was another dog with a larger piece of meat. He attacked the reflection, and lost his piece of meat. We should learn and accept it to ourselves that we cannot get all that we want, and that we should be thankful of what we have.