

The Boy and the Filberts.A Boy put his hand into a pitcher full of filberts. He grasped as manyas he could possibly hold, but when he endeavored to pull out his hand,he was prevented from doing so by the neck of the pitcher, which wasmuch smaller than his closed hand. Unwilling to lose his filberts, andyet unable to withdraw his hand, he burst into tears, and bitterlylamented his disappointment. A bystander said to him: "Be satisfied withhalf the quantity, and you will readily draw out your hand." Do not attempt too much at once. From Aesop's Fables |