We had to stop! It was still Covid-time. I rolled down my window,
“How well trained your goat is!””Oh,” said the lady, “ She loves her daily walks!”
Then we heard the click of her tongue and watched, dumbfounded, a
s the goat moved farther to the edge of the road to let us pass! I could not help thinking,
“Aesop would love this!” Who’s Aesop? No one knows for sure. Some say he was a storyteller
in ancient Greece. Others say the ancient Greeks used the name to refer to
a collection of animal tales, each with a moral. But, let’s not get side-tracked.
Rather, let’s meet one of Aesop’s goats…
On an unusually hot day, a goat was walking through a meadow when he came to a well.
“Water! Great! I am so thirsty —I must have a drink! But how do I get to that water?”
Suddenly, the goat heard a little voice coming from deep down in the well: “Jump in,
my friend! The water here is the best I have ever tasted!”
Without thinking,
the goat jumped in and began lapping up the delicious water—totally unaware
of the movement around him. The animal who had extended the invitation
quickly jumped onto the goat’s back, then to the tip of his horns.
A third jump took him right to the top of the well!
