Creighton University

People on Etsy are doing all sorts of things with Aesopic illustrations, and I was happy to catch an exemplar of this kind of transformation.  I prize this fable especially because of its invitation to examine psychology.  At one level the fable says "Be content with what you have."  At a second level it suggests "Be content with what you have or you will lose even it."  At yet another level, the fable suggests that going to the giver and complaining risks angering the giver into taking away what one already has.  At a final level, it suggests something like "Do not go to the dark side; it will do you no good."