Aesop's Fables, translated by Laura Gibbs (2002)
510. ZEUS AND THE CAMEL
Perry 117 (Syntipas
59)
When the camel saw another animal's horns, she begged Zeus to give her
horns too. Zeus was angry at the camel's greediness, so he cropped her
ears instead.
This fable shows that people who grasp for more than they need are
deprived of what they have.
Source:
Aesop's Fables. A new translation by Laura
Gibbs.
Oxford University Press (World's Classics): Oxford, 2002.
NOTE: New
cover, with new ISBN, published in 2008; contents of book unchanged.
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