The Foolish Bull Calf

A bull was grazing near a bull calf.  The bull contemplatively chewed his cud and then spoke about how much he loved the pasture.  It was rich, green, with deep roots.

The bull calf disagreed.  The grass was greener on the other side of the fence, he said.

The bull examined the rank, brown, patchy grass in the wildlands outside and asked the bull calf what he could possibly  mean.

The bull calf replied that a crow had told him that the founder of their herd had eaten too much alfalfa once and almost died of bloat.  The same crow had said that founder had also got into a bloody fight with a cougar.

The cougar was attacking the herd, the bull replied.

The bull calf replied that whenever he tried to voice his honest concerns the herd replied defensively and with excuses like the bull had just done, and that was his final reason for thinking the grass was greener on the other side.

Moral: the spirit and the fruits are the proof you  need