An old Greek fable tells of a
man who bought a donkey to transport sacks of salt to the market. He overloaded the animal shamefully. Staggering under the sacks of salt. The poor
donkey painfully worked his way along the road to town and slipped into a
stream alongside the road.
To the surprise of the animal,
his burden gradually became lighter. The
water was dissolving the salt, leaving only a few wet sacks for the donkey to
carry.
As he was was an intelligent
donkey, every time he passed the stream he managed to fall in. The proprietor took the problem to his wife.
“Agemnon, the solution is
simple. Throw a few sacks of dry sponges
on the donkey’s back."
As the donkey wended his way
into town again he reached the steam. He eased his way into the water and them
climbed out of the stream. The sacks
were now much heavier.
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