The Boy and the Nettles
By Aesop
A BOY was stung by a Nettle. He ran home and told his mother, saying: Although it pains me so much, I did but touch it ever so gently.
That was just it,
said his mother: which caused it to sting you. The next time you touch a Nettle, grasp it boldly, and it will be soft as silk to your hand, and not in the least hurt you.
Moral:
Whatever you do, do with all your might.
Source Book
Aesop's Fables
by Aesop
Translated by unknown
Illustrated by: Harrison Weir, John Tenniel, Ernest Griset, et.al.
Copyright 1881
Published by WM. L. Allison, New York
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