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The Two Pots

Eliot/Jacobs Version

Two Pots, one of brass, and one of earthenware floated down the stream. The earthenware pot tried its best to keep apart from the brass one, which cried out: "Fear nothing, friend, I will not strike you." "But I may come in contact with you," said the other, "if I come too close; and whether I hit you, or you hit me, I shall suffer."

Townsend version

A river carried down in its stream two Pots, one made of earthenware and the other of brass. The Earthen Pot said to the Brass Pot, "Pray keep at a distance and do not come near me, for if you touch me ever so slightly, I shall be broken in pieces, and besides, I by no means wish to come near you."

Moral

Equals make the best friends.

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