Aesop's Fables

#261 The Sick Stag

A sick Stag lay done in a quiet corner of its pasture. His companions came in great numbers to inquire after his health, and each one helped himself to a share of the food which had been placed for his use; so that he died, not from his sickness, but from the failure of the means of living.

MORAL: Evil companions bring more hurt than gain.