The Astronomer
Aesop Fable: The Astronomer
An astronomer used to go out at night to observe the
stars. One evening, as he wandered through the suburbs
with his whole attention fixed on the sky, he fell accidentally
into a deep well.
While he lamented and bewailed his
sores and bruises, and cried loudly for help, a neighbor ran
to the well, and learning what had happened said: "Hark
ye, old fellow, why, in striving to pry into what is in heaven,
do you not manage to see what is on earth?"
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