Tara

21 Frugality

1	A house keeper too hasty in her work, did cause a jar of honey to break.
2	But instead of cleaning it up, she did conceal her error behind other unbroken jars.
3	Some Flies and Ants did observe the honey, yet the Ants remained at some distance.
4	The Flies then mocked the Ants thus: Poor Ants! The broken jar is concealed,
5	And it shall be some time before the cook returns to prepare supper.
6	Yet the Ants did reply: Let fools rush in! For we await not for fear or hesitation,
7	But until the honey is hard enough to be safe.
8	The Flies ignored the Ants and did land and gorge themselves upon the honey,
9	So that their feet and wings became so smeared with it, they could not release themselves.
10	Before the last Fly did expire, he cried out: For the sake of indulging our foolish desires,
11	We have destroyed ourselves.