The Sick Kite
Aesop Fable: The Sick Kite
A kite, sick unto death, said to his mother: "O Mother! do
not mourn, but at once invoke the gods that my life may
be prolonged." She replied, "Alas! my son, which of the
gods do you think will pity you? Is there one whom you
have not outraged by filching from their very altars a part
of the sacrifice offered up to them?’
We must make friends in prosperity if we would have their
help in adversity.
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