The Fly and the Draught-Mule

A Fly sat on the axle-tree of a chariot, and addressing the Draught-Mule said, “How slow you are! Why do you not go faster? See if I do not prick your neck with my sting.”

The Draught-Mule replied, “I do not heed your threats; I only care for him who sits above you, and who quickens my pace with his whip, or holds me back with the reins. Away, therefore, with your insolence, for I know well when to go fast, and when to go slow.”

Moral:
Life is not just about Speed.

The Flea and the Ox

A Flea thus questioned an Ox: “What ails you, that being so huge and strong, you submit to the wrongs you receive from men and slave for them day by day, while I, being so small a creature, mercilessly feed on their flesh and drink their blood without stint?”

The Ox replied: “I do not wish to be ungrateful, for I am loved and well cared for by men, and they often pat my head and shoulders.”

“Woe’s me!” said the flea; “this very patting which you like, whenever it happens to me, brings with it my inevitable destruction.”

Best Joke ever

Queen Elizabeth, Bush & Musharraf died & went straight to hell. Queen Elizabeth said “I miss England, I want to call England and see how everybody is doing there.

She called and talked for about 5 minutes, then she asked “Well,devil how much do I owe you????

The devil says “Five million dollars” ….

She wrote him a cheque and went to sit back on her chair.

Bush was so jealous, he starts screaming, “My turn! I wanna call the United States, I want to see how everybody is doing there too.”

He called and talked for about 2 minutes, then he asked “Well, devil how much do I owe you????

The devil says “Ten million dollars.” With a smug look on his face, he made a cheque and went to sit back on his chair.

Musharraf was even more jealous & starts screaming, “I want to call Pakistan too, I wanna talk to the ministers, to the deputy, I wanna talk to everybody of my Parliament”….. He called.

Pakistan and he talked for about twenty hours, he talked & talked & talked, then he asked “Well, devil how much do I owe you????

The devil says “Twenty dollars”.
Musharraf is stunned & says “Twenty dollars??? Only ??” What may be the reply from devil….

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The devil says “Well if you make a call from one hell to another hell, it’s local”

By: Rebecca, for http://www.19.5degs.com

The Dogs and the Fox

Some Dogs, finding the skin of a lion, began to tear it in pieces with their teeth.

A Fox, seeing them, said, “If this lion were alive, you would soon find out that his claws were stronger than your teeth.”

Moral:
It is easy to kick a man that is down.

The Dog and the Shadow: 2

It happened that a Dog had got a piece of meat and was carrying it home in his mouth to eat it in peace.

Now on his way home he had to cross a plank lying across a running brook. As he crossed, he looked down and saw his own shadow reflected in the water beneath.

Thinking it was another dog with another piece of meat, he made up his mind to have that also.

So he made a snap at the shadow in the water, but as he opened his mouth the piece of meat fell out, dropped into the water and was never seen more.

Moral:
Beware lest you lose the substance by grasping at the shadow.

The Dog and the Shadow: 1

A DOG, crossing a bridge over a stream with a piece of flesh in his mouth, saw his own shadow in the water and took it for that of another Dog, with a piece of meat double his own in size.

He immediately let go of his own, and fiercely attacked the other Dog to get his larger piece from him.

He thus lost both: that which he grasped at in the water, because it was a shadow; and his own, because the stream swept it away.

Moral:
Grasp at the shadow and lost the substance.