Dolphins and Monkeys
Aesop the Ancient Greeks (620–560 BC)
A man took a monkey out on a voyage. Suddenly, a storm blew up, the boat was overturned, and people swam across the sea to save themselves. This monkey, too, swims with him.
The monkey swam for a while, alas, unable to swim, drowning. At this time, a dolphin nearby, saw the monkey, thought it was a person, swam under the monkey, rode the monkey to swim, and rescued it.
When the dolphin was about to reach the port of Perios in Athens, the dolphin asked the monkey, "Hey, are you an Athenian?" ”
The monkey said yes, and said that it was from a local famous family. Hey, this monkey....
The dolphin then asked the monkey, saying that you didn't know Perios.
The monkey thought that Perios was someone's name, and said that he knew, not only that he knew, but that Perios was a good friend of his.
The monkey's big words made the dolphin very angry, so the dolphin swung around and swam away. What about monkeys? The monkey didn't ride the dolphin, so he fell into the sea and drowned.
The Witch
There was a witch who claimed to be able to use all kinds of witchcraft and spells to sense the gods, and even more powerfully, she could change the mood of the gods, and the gods listened to her. Then she often does this and that for people. Well, many things that people can't handle and can't get on their own often have to find God. So, of course, witches can often get a lot of income from it.
Sometimes there is a "spirit", sometimes it is "not", and more often it is probably not knowing whether it is spiritual or not. So once, the witch was accused of blasphemy and deceiving people.
The witch was brought to justice and sentenced to death. The witch tried to defend herself, but everyone said, "Oh, aren't you psychic?" Don't you have the ability to turn God's mind around, and doesn't God listen to you? But how come you can't even convince mortals? ”