Chapter 147
Once upon a time the rivers joined together and went in one body to the sea.
“Why is it,” they accused her, “that after we rivers pour our fresh and sweet waters into you, you immediately make them salty and unpalatable?”
Fully aware of their unfair and bad tempers, the sea merely answered, “If you do not wish to rest in my lap, please keep away from me altogether.”
Those who benefit most from any good arrangement are often the first to complain.
