Fable #102

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A Hare was making fun of the Tortoise one day for being so slow. A chain!,cried the Wolf. But the big hulking Camel made himself very ridiculous as he kicked out his knotty legs and twisted his long clumsy neck. Delighted to find how much lighter his burden had become, the Ass finished the journey very gayly. You lie here in my cooling shade, and yet you say I am useless! Many a Hare and many a Mouse died. You have what you asked for and so you have only yourselves to blame for your misfortunes.

A change of habits will not alter nature.