- There is no justice in the world! - the mouse squeaked pitifully, miraculously escaping from the claws of the weasel.
- How long will you endure lies! — the weasel shouted indignantly, barely having time to hide in a narrow hollow from the cat.
- There is no life from arbitrariness! - the cat meowed, jumping onto a high fence and looking warily at the yard dog lurking below.
- Calm down, friends! - said the wise owl, sitting in a cage in a peasant’s yard. — There is some truth in your complaints about life. But does justice rightfully belong to any one of you?
At these words, the mouse looked out of the hole, the weasel stuck its nose out of the hollow, the cat settled more comfortably on the fence, and the dog sat down on its hind legs.
“Justice,” the owl continued, “is the highest law of nature, according to which reasonable agreement is established between all those living on earth.” All animals, birds, fish and even insects live according to this wise law. Look how friendly a swarm of bees lives and works.
The owl was indeed right. Anyone who has ever seen a hive knows that the queen bee reigns supreme there, managing everything and everyone with the greatest intelligence and fairly distributing responsibilities among the members of a large bee family. Some bees' main concern is collecting nectar from flowers, while others work in honeycombs; some guard the hive, driving away annoying wasps and bumblebees, others take care of maintaining cleanliness. There are bees that must care for the queen without leaving her even a single step. When the queen gets old, the strongest bees carefully carry her on themselves, and the most experienced and knowledgeable ones treat her with all sorts of medicines. And if even one bee violates its duty, inevitable punishment awaits it.
In nature, everything is wise and thought out, everyone should mind their own business, and in this wisdom lies the highest justice of life.
Translated from Russian · original on wisdomlib.ru