MORAL TEACHINGS FROM AESOPS FABLE.

HE WHO SEEKS TO INJURE OTHERS OFTEN INJURES ONLY HIMSELF.
One Horse had the Plain entirely to himself. A Stag intruded into his domain and shared his pasture. The Horse, desiring to revenge himself on the stranger, requested a Man, if he were willing to help him in punishing the Stag. The Man replied, that if the Horse would receive a bit in his mouth, and agree to carry him, he would contrive very effectual weapons against the Stag.
The Horse consented, and allowed the Man to mount him. From that hour the Horse found that, instead of obtaining "revenge" on the Stag, He had "enslaved" himself to the service of Man.

ONLY COWARDS INSULT DYING MAJESTY.
A Lion had come to the end of his days and lay sick unto death at the mouth of his cave, gasping for breath. The animals, his subjects, came round him and drew nearer as the Lion grew more and more helpless. When they saw the Lion at the point of death they thought to themselves : "Now is the time to pay off old grudges."
So the Boar came up and drove at the Lion with his tusks; then a Bull gored the Lion with his horns; still the Lion lay helpless before them. So the Ass, feeling quite safe from danger, came up, and turning his tail to the Lion kicked up his heels into his face.
"This is a double death" growled the Lion.

A LITTLE THING IN HAND IS WORTH MORE THAN A GREAT THING IN PROSPECT.
It happened that a Fisher Man, after fishing all day, caught only a little fish. "Pray, let me go, Master," said the little fish,  "I am much too small for your eating demand now. If you put me back into the River I shall soon grow, then you can make a fine meal off me."
"Nay, nay, my little fish," said the Fisher Man, "I have you now. I may not catch you hereafter."

IT IS USELESS ATTACKING THE INSENSIBLE.
A Serpent in the course of its wanderings came into an armorer' s shop. As the Serpent glided over the floor he felt his skin pricked by a file that was lying there.
In a rage the serpent turned round upon it and tried to dart his fangs into it; but the serpent could do no harm to heavy iron and had soon to give over his wrath.

EVIL COMPANIONS BRING MORE HURT THAN PROFIT.
A sick Stag lay down in a quiet corner of his pasture-ground. His companions came in great numbers to inquire after his health, and each one of them helped himself to a share of the food which had been placed for the sick Stag for his use.
So, the sick Stag died, not from his sickness, but from the failure of obtaining the means for living placed for him.