The Greedy Dog's Mistake

Ron presents Aesop's fable "The Dog and the Shadow," a timeless tale about a dog who loses his meat when he tries to grab what appears to be another piece of meat in his reflection.

• A dog carrying meat in his mouth wants to eat it in peace
• While crossing a plank over a brook, the dog sees his reflection in the water
• Believing he sees another dog with meat, he tries to grab that piece as well
• When he opens his mouth to snap at the reflection, his own meat falls into the water
• The moral: "Beware lest you lose the substance by grasping at the shadow"

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Chapters

• 0:01 Introduction to Aesop's Fable
• 0:31 The Dog and the Shadow Story
• 1:46 Moral and Closing Remarks

Transcript

Speaker 1: 0:01

Hello, are you tired? Hmm, are you tired. Are you tired of Aesop's fables already? No, you will be, because today is the dog and the shadow and the shadow. This is the fable. It happened that a dog had got a piece of meat and was carrying it home in his mouth to eat it in peace. That's all he wanted was to eat it in peace. Now, on his way home, he had to cross a plank lying across a running brook. As he crossed, he looked down and saw his own shadow reflected in the water beneath. Thinking it was another dog with another piece of meat, he made up his mind to have that also. So he made a snap at the shadow in the water, but as he opened his mouth, the piece of meat fell out, dropped into the water and was never seen more. Beware lest you lose the substance by grasping at the shadow. This has been Ron Reads, a special series Fables from Aesop, the Dog in the Shadow. I hope you enjoyed it. Please rate five stars, review positively and to somebody share For you, please subscribe, thank you.