The Seagull and the Kite - Very Short Story from Aesop's Fables

Aesop's Fables - Very Short Story

A SEAGULL having bolted down too large a fish, burst its deep gullet-bag and lay down on the shore to die. A Kite saw him and exclaimed: "You richly deserve your fate; for a bird of the air has no business to seek its food from the sea."

Moral:

Every man should be content to mind his own business

The Seagull and the Kite

What is a Fable? A Fable is a very short story with a Moral. It features a plant, animal, mythical creature or inanimate object which is brought to life in the story (anthropomorphised). The moral is explained at the end of the fable.

Fables are described as succinct, brief, concise or very short stories with a moral.

The Seagull and the Kite
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