Fable #646

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A jar of honey was upset and the sticky sweetness flowed out on the table. called the Crane anxiously. The Goat looked over the edge of the cliff. One of the feats he told about was a leap he had made in a city Called Rhodes. A Kite saw her. Why do you look so woebegone? It is ages since you went away, and all the time, you have been carrying on with all sorts of flowers. Next year the Eagle built her nest far up on a mountain crag; but the Beetle found it and again destroyed the eggs. The Heron saw no more fish, and very glad was he at last to breakfast on a tiny Snail.

Foolish curiosity and vanity often lead to misfortune.