Aesop's Fables

The Dog and_the Shadow

It happened that aDog had got apiece of meat and was carrying it home in_his mouth to eat it in peace .Now on_his way home he had to cross aplank lying across arunning brook .As he crossed, he looked down and saw his own shadow reflected in_the water beneath .Thinking it_was another dog with another piece of meat, he_made up his mind to_have that also .So he_made asnap at_the shadow in_the water, but as he opened his mouth the piece of meat fell out, dropped into_the water and was never seen more .

Beware lest you lose the substance by grasping at_the shadow .