A dog was hungry and stole a piece of meat from a butcher’s shop. The butcher saw him and chased him. The dog ran and ran till he came to a bridge. When he looked around, the butcher was not there. The dog was relieved. While standing on the bridge, he looked down. He saw his own shadow in the water with the piece of meat. The dog mistook the shadow for another dog. The dog got greedy and wanted to have that piece of meat as well. He would do anything to get what he wanted. He jumped angrily into the water to attack his shadow. But to his surprise, there was no dog. In the meanwhile, the stream had swept away his piece of meat, too. The greedy dog repented his action and lamented the loss of his piece of meat.
The Dog’s Shadow
