The Spendthrift And The Swallow
Aesop Fable: The Spendthrift And The Swallow
A young man, a great spendthrift, had run through all his
patrimony and had but one good cloak left. One day he
happened to see a Swallow, which had appeared before its
season, skimming along a pool and twittering gaily.
He
supposed that summer had come, and went and sold his
cloak. Not many days later, winter set in again with renewed
frost and cold.
When he found the unfortunate Swallow
lifeless on the ground, he said, "Unhappy bird! what
have you done? By thus appearing before the springtime
you have not only killed yourself, but you have wrought
my destruction also."
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