16/12/2024
THE TORTOISE AND THE HORSE
A Short Moral Story.
Once upon a time, the animal kingdom suffered a terrible famine. One day, a horse went to a tortoise and said.
"I know a place where there is enough food. It's a secret garden, and I'm the only one in the world who knows about it. This garden has vegetables, garden herbs, delicious grasses and a lot trees bearing fresh fruits. I'm sure you want to know where this secret garden is."
The tortoise exclaimed.
"You are a good fellow! Come on, tell me where to find this secret garden. I will be there within an hour to eat heavily and bring food for my family."
The horse smiled and grunted.
"All right, I'll tell you, but on one condition."
The tortoise asked.
"And what condition is that?."
The horse responded.
"Share your weakness with me. Don't be afraid, I'm not going to use it against you. If you can expose your weakness to me, I'll show you where you can find this wonderful garden that grows food in abundance."
The tortoise thought for a moment and said.
"Okay, fine. My weakness is oil. If oil touches my shell, I'll become very uncomfortable and won't be able to hide inside my shell. With that, predators can easily attack me"
Upon hearing that, the horse smiled and asked to go check something, then left. But he returned shortly with two big and hungry lions and a bowl of oil. Then, at that moment, he told the lions.
"Pour the oil over the tortoise and rub it all over on his shell. It will prevent him from hiding under his shell. Then you can feast on him and pay me the money we agreed upon. Tortoise, tortoise, tortoise... I can't believe how dumb you are. You made a worse mistake when you told me your weakness. Little did you know I was going to use it against you. And you were so foolish to even think that the secret garden was real. Hmm!."
However, the tortoise scoffed and said surprisingly.
"You think you're clever, but your wisdom ends where mine begins. You were so foolish to even think that I could expos