The Boy and the Filberts

英语自学网

The Boy and the Filberts
        A BOY put his hand into a pitcher full of filberts.
        He grasped
        as many as he could possibly hold, but when he tried to pull out
        his hand, he was prevented from doing so by the neck of the
        pitcher.
        Unwilling to lose his filberts, and yet unable to
        withdraw his hand, he burst into tears and bitterly lamented his
        disappointment.
        A bystander said to him, "Be satisfied with half
        the quantity, and you will readily draw out your hand."
       
        Do not attempt too much at once.