Two Pots, one of earthenware and the other of brass, were carried away down a river in flood. The Brazen Pot urged his companion to keep close by his side, and he would protect him. The other thanked him, but begged him not to come near him on any account: “For that,” he said, “is just what I am most afraid of. One touch from you and I should be broken in pieces.”
Equals make the best friends.
有两个罐子，一个是陶的，一个是黄铜的，发洪水的时候，他们被水流冲到了河下游。黄铜罐子要求同伴紧紧跟在他身边，说他会保护他的。另一个罐子表示感谢，却恳求他无论如何不要接近自己。“因为那正是我害怕的。只要碰到你，我就会四分五裂。”
训诫：彼此平等才能成为良友。