A kite that had snatched up a serpent flew off into the air. The serpent turned and bit it; and then both were hurled down from on high, and the kite perished. "Why," said the serpent to it, "were you so mad as to harm one that did you no harm? You are justly punished for carrying me off."
A person who gives in to greed and harms those weaker than himself may come up against a stronger one: he will then pay, when he least expects it, for all the harm he did before.
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