A crab came up from the sea onto the shore and was foraging alone. A hungry fox spotted it; and as he had nothing to put between his teeth, he ran at it and caught it. Then the crab, about to be devoured, cried out, "I have deserved what is happening to me, I who, a dweller of the sea, wanted to become a land creature."
Those who abandon their own occupations to meddle in matters that do not concern them naturally fall into misfortune.
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