Zeus, celebrating his wedding, feasted all the animals. Only the tortoise failed to come. Puzzled by her absence, he questioned her the next day: "Why, alone of all the animals, did you not come to my feast?" "Home is home, home is best," replied the tortoise. Zeus, indignant with her, condemned her to carry her house on her back wherever she went.
Many prefer to live plainly at home than to eat richly at another's table.Moral
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