Two Pots had been left on the bank of a river, one of
brass, and one of earthenware. When the tide rose they
both floated off down the stream. Now the earthenware
pot tried its best to keep aloof from the brass one, which
cried out: ‘Fear nothing, friend, I will not strike you.’
‘But I may come in contact with you,’ said the other,
‘if I come too close; and whether I hit you, or you hit me,
I shall suffer for it.’
Moral Lesson: The strong and the weak cannot keep company.
―
Aesop
