The Dog and the Oyster

"The Dog and the Oyster" by Aesop is a classic fable providing a morality lesson about the dangers of greed. In the story, a dog finds an oyster and wants to eat the meat inside. After trying frantically to open the shell, the dog accidentally swallows it whole. The story ends in pity for the dog who does not get to savor the oyster meat due to his eagerness and haste, teaching readers the importance of patience.

• Children

								
There was once a Dog who was very fond of eggs. He visited the
hen house very often and at last got so greedy that he would
swallow the eggs whole.

One day the Dog wandered down to the seashore. There he spied an
Oyster. In a twinkling the Oyster was resting in the Dog's
stomach, shell and all.

It pained the Dog a good deal, as you can guess.

"I've learned that all round things are not eggs," he said
groaning.

Act in haste and repent at leisure--and often in pain.
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