The Shipwrecked Man And The Sea
Aesop Fable: The Shipwrecked Man And The Sea
A shipwrecked man, having been cast upon a certain shore,
slept after his buffetings with the deep. After a while he
awoke, and looking upon the Sea, loaded it with reproaches.
He argued that it enticed men with the calmness of its
looks, but when it had induced them to plow its waters, it
grew rough and destroyed them.
The Sea, assuming the
form of a woman, replied to him: "Blame not me, my good
sir, but the winds, for I am by my own nature as calm and
firm even as this earth; but the winds suddenly falling on
me create these waves, and lash me into fury."
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