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    The Boy and The Filberts

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    A boy put his hand into a pitcher to grab some filberts but took too many and couldn't remove his fist. Refusing to let any go, his hand became stuck. His mother told him to drop half the filberts so he could free his hand, and he may be able to have more filberts another time. The moral is not to attempt too much at once.

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    A boy put his hand into a pitcher to grab some filberts but took too many and couldn't remove his fist. Refusing to let any go, his hand became stuck. His mother told him to drop half the filberts so he could free his hand, and he may be able to have more filberts another time. The moral is not to attempt too much at once.

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    A boy put his hand into a pitcher to grab some filberts but took too many and couldn't remove his fist. Refusing to let any go, his hand became stuck. His mother told him to drop half the filberts so he could free his hand, and he may be able to have more filberts another time. The moral is not to attempt too much at once.

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    The Boy And The Filberts

    by Aesop

    George Flegel, Still Life with Mouse, 1638

    A Boy was given permission to put his hand into a pitcher to get some
    filberts. But he took such a great fistful that he could not draw his hand
    out again. There he stood, unwilling to give up a single filbert and yet
    unable to get them all out at once. Vexed and disappointed he began
    to cry.

    "My boy," said his mother, "be satisfied with half the nuts you have
    taken and you will easily get your hand out. Then perhaps you may
    have some more filberts some other time."

    Do not attempt too much at once.

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