The Bellowing Bull

A crow on a fence spoke to the bull in the field.

“Your bellow is not beautiful,” said the crow. “You should try to sound more like a nightingale. ” The crow squawked triumphantly at what it evidently considered to be a real zinger.

The bull replied,  “Nightingales sing beautifully, no doubt.  What my herd needs to hear is the bellow of a bull. ”

Moral: The beauty and good you aim for,  to be true beauty and true good, must be beautiful and good coming from you.

Moral: Don’t accept reproof from those unwilling or unable to follow their own advice.