A long time ago, a war broke out between animals and birds.
The hardest thing was for the old Bat. After all, she was both an animal and a bird at the same time. And therefore she could not decide for herself who would be more profitable for her to join. But then she decided to cheat. And this is what she came up with. If the birds prevail over the animals, then she will support the birds. Otherwise, she will quickly go over to the animals. So she did.
But when everyone noticed how she behaved, they immediately suggested that she should not run from one to the other, but once and for all choose either the side of the animals or the birds, regardless of which of them was currently losing or winning.
...Then the old Bat said:
- No! I'll stay in the middle.
- Fine! - said both sides.
The battle began and the old Bat, caught in the middle of the battle, was crushed and died.
This is why he who tries to sit between two stools will always find himself on the rotten part of the rope that hangs over the jaws of death.
Translated from Russian · original on wisdomlib.ru