The Sick Kite

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The Sick Kite
        A KITE, sick unto death, said to his mother:  "O Mother! do not
        mourn, but at once invoke the gods that my life may be
        prolonged."  She replied, "Alas! my son, which of the gods do you
        think will pity you? Is there one whom you have not outraged by
        filching from their very altars a part of the sacrifice offered
        up to them?'
       
        We must make friends in prosperity if we would have
        their help in adversity.