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The Deceptive Flattery

Trust your instincts and be cautious of flattery and deceit

By Rashel KhanPublished 9 months ago 3 min read
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Italian Proverb: "He that flatters you more than you desire either has deceived you or wishes to deceive."

The Lion says to the fox – "go and bring me food...."

The fox went to the horse and said - "How are you brother?"

The horse thinks - the fox who doesn't speak anything but squealing - why is he calling in such a sweet voice today? Surely there is some evil intention!!!

The horse does not respond to the call of the fox.

The fox went to Peacock and said - "How are you? It looks so sweet."

Peacock also understands the sweet words in the fox's mouth. Definitely not a good sign.

She doesn't respond either.

The fox went to the donkey and said - "Wow! You look very handsome. Such a handsome animal wasted his life. You don't have to suffer anymore. The king got old. He will retire. And will make you king. Come with me to the throne."

The donkey is very happy. Comes to the throne with the fox.

As soon as donkey came near the lion, the donkey lost two of its ears in one of the lion's paws.

But somehow escaped and survived.

The fox came to the donkey and said – “You are so stupid, how can you become a king?”

The king will crown your head. But if there are two ears on both sides, will the crown sit properly on the head? So your ears have been lifted.

You didn’t understand - this is called grooming.

come come come with me If there is a delay, someone else will become king again."

The donkey comes back to the lion. This time his tail fell on another paw of the lion.

But this time he escaped and survived.

As usual, the fox came to the donkey and said - "You made a mistake again. How can the king sit on the throne if he has a tail? So your tail is off.

Stupid animals cannot think farsightedly. This is ultra grooming. It means the final touch. Let's go to the throne quickly."

There is nothing in the world more difficult than candor, and nothing easier than flattery.

Donkey once again comes to the throne.

Now he can't live anymore.

His mutilated body lies on the ground in the paws of a lion.

Blood stains on the mouth of the lion's teeth.

The fox says to the lion - "My Lord, you will eat with such difficulty.

Give me the head. Arrange it nicely on the plate."

The fox eats the donkey's brain and gives the rest of the head to the lion.

Lion says - "where is the brain?"

Fox says - "My Lord, who came to you after being cheated repeatedly - do you think he has something called brain."

From the top of the tree, the peacock says-

"His brain is fine. But being very simple, he did not understand the fraudsters."

The owl says to his child - "What did you learn from this incident?"

Learned:

If someone suddenly becomes a big person, it should be understood that he has a secret destiny.

I also learned that - one has to do what one has to do. Do not listen to other's bad advice.

The fruit of greed is never sweet.

It's good to be naive. But it's not good to be stupid.

The biggest thing I learned is that cheaters can be trusted once. But again and again can not be trusted.

Believing too much, he was deceived. And his faith ended tragically with his own life.

“Nature has so made us, that we all love to be flattered and to please ourselves with our own notions: the old crow loves his young, and the ape her cubs.”

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