The Two Goats

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 Author: Aesop


A pair of goats, one on either side of a huge gap through which a powerful mountain stream was pouring, happened to be frisking gayly on the rocky steeps of a mountain valley.

The only available bridge over the chasm was the trunk of a fallen tree, and even two squirrels couldn't pass each other there without danger. Even the most courageous person would have shivered on the narrow path. Not so for our goats. None of them could stand aside for the other due to their pride.

Onto the log one placed her foot. The opposite was also done. They converged horn to horn in the middle. They both fell to the ground and were swept away by the raging torrent below because neither would give way.

Moral

Giving in is preferable to being stubborn and experiencing bad luck.


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