Once, an ass was walking leisurely. On the way, he heard a melodious voice. He followed the voice and came upon a grasshopper sitting on a leaf. The grasshopper was singing the song. The ass could not keep quiet and asked the grasshopper, “What is it that you eat or drink that you have such a lovely voice?” Now, the grasshopper was very naughty. She joked, “Well, I drink dew drops. That is why I have such a sweet voice. You too can get a sweet voice if you follow what I do.” The ass always wanted to have a sweet voice. So, taking the words of the grasshopper seriously, he decided to have only “dew” as his food. He did not eat or drink anything else but dew. Slowly, he got weak and thin. Ultimately, he died of starvation.
The Ass and the Dew Drops
