The Gnat and the Bull

"The Gnat and the Bull" is a fable by Aesop that explores themes of pride, insignificance, and self-awareness. In this story, a gnat lands on a bull's horn, apologizing if he's too heavy. The bull responds that he hadn't even noticed the gnat's presence, sharply illustrating the vast difference in their sizes and importance. The story offers a moral lesson, reminding readers not to overestimate their own worth or impact.

• Children

								
A Gnat flew over the meadow with much buzzing for so small a
creature and settled on the tip of one of the horns of a Bull.
After he had rested a short time, he made ready to fly away. But
before he left he begged the Bull's pardon for having used his
horn for a resting place.

"You must be very glad to have me go now," he said.

"It's all the same to me," replied the Bull. "I did not even know
you were there."

We are often of greater importance in our own eyes than in the
eyes of our neighbor.

The smaller the mind the greater the conceit.
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