Story Outlines: A dog was crossing a stream – a piece of flesh in his mouth – saw
another dog with a piece of flesh in the water – became greedy – opened his
mouth – lost his piece of flesh.
Greedy Dog Loses His Piece of Flesh
One day, a dog was crossing a stream. He had a piece of flesh in his
mouth snatched from another dog. As he was crossing, he looked down on the
water and saw another dog with a piece of flesh. It was, in fact, his own
reflection. But he thought it to be another dog. He became greedy and wanted to
have that piece of flesh too. He opened his mouth to bark. But as soon as he
opened his mouth, the piece of flesh fell down into the water. He lost his own
piece of meat in his attempt at getting more.
Moral : We should be
complacent with what we have.