Tara

12 Prevention

1	An Elephant very much tormented by a Tick caught him at last in his trunk.
2	He decried: Who are you who dare to feed on my blood,
3	And cause me so much pain in my shoulders and limbs?
4	The Tick did reply: O dear sir, I pray you spare my life and destroy me not,
5	For you are so huge and I am such a small and insignificant creature.
6	The Elephant replied as thus: Now you shall certainly die by my mighty step.
7	For I did not grant you my blood and yet you took it without consent.
8	And Behold! No evil, whether it be small or large, ought to be tolerated.