Aesop's Fables

#25 The Bald Knight

A Bald Knight, who wore a wig, went out to hunt.

A sudden puff of wind blew off his hat and wig, at which a loud laugh rang forth from his companions. He pulled up his horse, and with great glee joined in the joke by saying, "What a marvel it is that hairs which are not mine should fly from me, when they have forsaken even the man on whose head they grow!"

MORAL: Thy pride is but the prologue of thy shame.