The Dog and the Shadow
Moral: 'Beware lest you lose the substance by grasping at the shadow.'
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From Aesop's Fables by Aesop
A dog carrying a bone over a stream snaps at his own reflection and loses the real bone, illustrating the folly of grasping at illusions.
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