Once upon a time there was a lizard walking slowly from twig to twig in a bush in search for his next meal. He noticed right ahead a tasty spider sleeping in his web. The lizard approached its prey carefully and swiftly lashed out with his tongue in the hope that he would catch the spider and eat it.
But the spider was rather large and so was his intricate web built there in the bushes to catch unsuspecting insects. Sure enough, the lizard got his tongue entangled in the web. As he retreated he pulled the web with him and so awakened the spider.
The spider, thinking he had got someone trapped in his web moved forward and tried to entangle the lizard even more in the sticky web. That way, his prey would eventually die and be ready as a next meal.
The lizard pulled the web with his feet trying in vain to attract the spider forwards to be eaten.
The spider pulled back too in the futile hope that he could entangle the lizard in his sticky web.
This pulling on either side went on for a while until eventually the web was torn and both creatures fell to the ground below.
The spider hid in the undergrowth and said, "he was too much for me, perhaps I should concentrate on flies and mosquitoes!""
The lizard ran into the bushes and said, "he was too much for me, perhaps I should concentrate on flies and mosquitoes!"
AND THE MORAL OF THIS STORY IS:
Don't be a fly, or a mosquito. Be anything. A spider, a lizard, a lion or a hippopotamus even. But not a fly or a mosquito!!!
KNOW WHO YOU ARE
...this reminds me a bit of the dog that chances cars, what would it do if it caught one?
ReplyDeleteExactly Tom. You are right.
DeleteGod bless.
It's a good thing the lizard was not in Australia, he would not have escaped from some of the spiders I encountered there.
ReplyDeleteYes, I understand they are rather large; poisonous too.
DeleteGod bless, Brenda.
Dearest Victor,
ReplyDeleteBeing a mosquito or fly might indeed turn into a deadly scenario. We have lots of frogs on the pond, snacking on them. Our tiny bats will devour quite a number of insects each night! We love it as they have kept our driveway area and surroundings mosquito free!
Hugs,
Mariette
That's right Mariette. I've seen the bats flying low in summer chasing insects.
DeleteGod bless you.
We LOVE them!
DeleteNeither are of any use to me, so i will admit that I do not care what happens to them.
ReplyDeleteYet one has to wonder why God felt it necessary to create them and I do not question His decisions.
We are all part of the food chain, Jan. I remember once in the zoo when they were feeding the monkeys ... to the lions!!! (Vic Joke!)
DeleteGod bless you. Keep smiling.
Good advice, Victor!
ReplyDeleteBlessings!
True ... we should all know who we are and act accordingly.
DeleteGod bless you, Martha.
Let the smartest one survive once they figure it out. Maybe they both would just crawl away.
ReplyDeleteSurvival of the smartest. I like that. Better than survival of the fittest.
DeleteGod bless, Bill.
What's that saying about survival of the fittest? Who are we to argue with Darwin!
ReplyDeleteDarwin's theory of evolution states that humans (and other creatures) will continue to evolve in order to adapt to our ever changing environment and living conditions. For example peoples' brains may increase in size as they learn more, and they will not need toe nails which are of no use at all to modern lifestyles.
DeletePersonally, I'd like a mouth on top of my head. This way I could put a sandwich under my hat and eat it whilst going to work.
God bless, Mevely.
Another lesson might be that it is good to know when to quit.
ReplyDeleteYes that's true, Happyone.
DeleteI believe in the saying: If at first you don't succeed - give up.
Or: If at first you don't succeed - suck something else instead.
God bless.
You need to know when to go after smaller prey!
ReplyDeleteYes that's true.
DeleteGod bless, Mimi.