The Ant and The Dove
A Dove saw
an Ant fall into a brook. The Ant struggle in vain to reach the bank, and in
pity, the Dove dropped a blade of straw close beside it. Clinging to the straw
like a shipwrecked sailor to a broken spar, the Ant floated safely to shore.
Soon after,
the Ant saw a man getting ready to kill the Dove with a stone. But just as he
cast the stone, the Ant stung him in the heel, so that the pain made him miss
his aim, and the startled Dove flew to safety in a distant wood.
A kindness
is never wasted.
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