FableNº 239

The Flies

Some honey having spilled in a storeroom, flies flew to it and set about eating it. It was so sweet a treat that they could not tear themselves away. But their feet having got stuck in it, they could not take flight, and, feeling themselves smother, they said, "How wretched we are, we perish for a moment of pleasure."

Greed is often the cause of many ills.

Moral

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