The Two Travelers and the Axe

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The Two Travelers and the Axe
    TWO MEN were journeying together.  One of them picked up an axe
    that lay upon the path, and said, "I have found an axe."  "Nay, my
    friend," replied the other, "do not say 'I,' but 'We' have found
    an axe."  They had not gone far before they saw the owner of the
    axe pursuing them, and he who had picked up the axe said, "We are
    undone."  "Nay," replied the other, "keep to your first mode of
    speech, my friend; what you thought right then, think right now.
    Say 'I,' not 'We' are undone."  
    He who shares the danger ought to share the prize.