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A stag saw his shadow reflected in the water, and greatly admired
the size of his horns, but felt angry with himself for having such
weak feet. While he was thus contemplating himself, a Lion appeared
at the pool. The Stag betook himself to flight, and kept himself
with ease at a safe distance from the Lion, until he entered a wood
and became entangled with his horns. The Lion quickly came up with
him and caught him. When too late he thus reproached himself: "Woe
is me! How have I deceived myself! These feet which would have saved
me I despised, and I gloried in these antlers which have proved my
destruction."
Moral of Aesops Fable:
What is most truly valuable is often underrated.
The Stag at the Pool
Fable
An Aesop's Fable
With the Moral:
What is most truly valuable is often underrated. |
