Monday, March 24, 2008

The Boy and the Filberts (aesop)

A BOY put his hand into a pitcher full of filberts. He graspedas many as he could possibly hold, but when he tried to pull outhis hand, he was prevented from doing so by the neck of thepitcher. Unwilling to lose his filberts, and yet unable towithdraw his hand, he burst into tears and bitterly lamented hisdisappointment. A bystander said to him, "Be satisfied with halfthe quantity, and you will readily draw out your hand."

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Do not attempt too much at once.

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