The Donkey And His Shadow
Aesop Fable: The Donkey And His Shadow
A traveler hired a donkey to convey him to a distant place.
The day being intensely hot, and the sun shining in its
strength, the Traveler stopped to rest, and sought shelter
from the heat under the Shadow of the donkey.
As this afforded
only protection for one, and as the Traveler and the
owner of the donkey both claimed it, a violent dispute arose
between them as to which of them had the right to the
Shadow.
The owner maintained that he had let the donkey only,
and not his Shadow. The Traveler asserted that he had, with
the hire of the donkey, hired his Shadow also. The quarrel proceeded
from words to blows, and while the men fought, the donkey galloped off.
In quarreling about the shadow we often lose the substance.
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