fables
fable 1 (from ong siong ian)
once upon a time there was a dog with a nice juicy bone in his mouth. on the way to his friend's house he crossed a river and saw a huge bone. despite the strong currents, he decided to plunge in and try to get the other bone. struggling against the current, not only was he unable to get the second bone, he lost the original one as well. he was lucky to escape with his life.
moral 1: don't be greedy
fable 2
one day a family moved into the next house. jonny went over to say hello, and made friends with a boy his age called mike. mike told jonny they were only staying for 3 months. jonny found out that mike was building a race car halfway, and offered to help him, wanting to race in the car. his father told him to build his own as mike was leaving soon, but jonny didn't listen. so for a month both boys spent all their free time building the car. after it was completed jonny and mike took turns racing in the car. it was all they ever wanted to do. then at the end of the 3 months mike left and jonny was left with nothing, despite him helping to build the car.
moral 2: if its not yours from the start and its not going to be yours, then you should have accepted that. no one will feel sorry for your wishful thinking.
fable 3
there was a king who had many clever and loyal ministers. he was frustrated that they kept pointing out his mistakes while advising him. they were very loyal and wanted the best for the king. however, the king was vain and arrogant and did not see things that way. he thought the ministers were undermining his rule, trying to change policies to suit themselves. he changed all of them for ministers that praised him everyday and partied with him. the arrogant king was very happy and assured he had made astute appointments. when war came, the ministers were incompetent at planning the defence of the kingdom, and the king was captured and beheaded.
moral 3: if you do not accept advice from people who are capable and loyal to you but surround yourself with people who say what you want to hear, then you are solely to blame when you cannot rely on those around you.
summary: so dear reader, if you have found yourself in a situation like that before, or maybe you are in a situation like that now, or if you find that you may enter a situation like that in the future, please heed the lessons in these simple fables, and be a man; do the right thing.
once upon a time there was a dog with a nice juicy bone in his mouth. on the way to his friend's house he crossed a river and saw a huge bone. despite the strong currents, he decided to plunge in and try to get the other bone. struggling against the current, not only was he unable to get the second bone, he lost the original one as well. he was lucky to escape with his life.
moral 1: don't be greedy
fable 2
one day a family moved into the next house. jonny went over to say hello, and made friends with a boy his age called mike. mike told jonny they were only staying for 3 months. jonny found out that mike was building a race car halfway, and offered to help him, wanting to race in the car. his father told him to build his own as mike was leaving soon, but jonny didn't listen. so for a month both boys spent all their free time building the car. after it was completed jonny and mike took turns racing in the car. it was all they ever wanted to do. then at the end of the 3 months mike left and jonny was left with nothing, despite him helping to build the car.
moral 2: if its not yours from the start and its not going to be yours, then you should have accepted that. no one will feel sorry for your wishful thinking.
fable 3
there was a king who had many clever and loyal ministers. he was frustrated that they kept pointing out his mistakes while advising him. they were very loyal and wanted the best for the king. however, the king was vain and arrogant and did not see things that way. he thought the ministers were undermining his rule, trying to change policies to suit themselves. he changed all of them for ministers that praised him everyday and partied with him. the arrogant king was very happy and assured he had made astute appointments. when war came, the ministers were incompetent at planning the defence of the kingdom, and the king was captured and beheaded.
moral 3: if you do not accept advice from people who are capable and loyal to you but surround yourself with people who say what you want to hear, then you are solely to blame when you cannot rely on those around you.
summary: so dear reader, if you have found yourself in a situation like that before, or maybe you are in a situation like that now, or if you find that you may enter a situation like that in the future, please heed the lessons in these simple fables, and be a man; do the right thing.
posted by daniel at 22:19
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