Clyde and the Unicorn
Once upon a time, there lived an eminently sensible earth pony named Clyde, who knew a frivolous unicorn. The unicorn earned much more money than Clyde did, due to his ability to enthrall and delight the townsfolk with his magic. However, the unicorn spent all that he earned almost as soon as the bits entered his coin-purse. Clyde noticed the unicorn drinking extravagantly one autumn evening, and gave him some advice.
"Sir unicorn," Clyde said. "You should save some of your bits for winter, when there will be few, if any, townsfolk wandering the streets to give you bits for your services."
"You're right," he said. "I'll start saving. Tomorrow. Or next week. Later. Another round, barkeep!"
Winter came around, and the unicorn had wised up too late. His savings ran out swiftly, and he knocked on Clyde's door for help, cold and shivering. Clyde opened the door, and the unicorn spoke. "Please help me, Sir Clyde. I should have listened to you in the first place, but I am but a poor fool who lacks discipline."
Clyde spoke. "Sir unicorn, I will feed you this winter. In return, you shall give me a portion of your bits next year, and I shall use those bits to keep you throughout the winter next year as well."
The unicorn gratefully accepted, and from then on, he was warm and well fed during the winter, and Clyde used the extra money to improve his farm.
The moral of the story is: Sometimes friends need more than just good advice.
I honestly think this version of the story has a better moral than the story it was based on. (Or the one I think it was based on, anyway...)
3445586 In the USA's version of the ant and grasshopper, the grasshopper gets lots of welfare programs even though he's a washed out drug addict while the ant works a dead-end job and is oppressed by ever-increasing taxes.
3513364 Oh please! Have you ever visited Europe? Almost all countries here have social and health care that goes beyond the stuff Obama has planned and our economy works just fine.
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You'd have to punch him for making a claim you greatly disagree with? Have you learned nothing from MLP, or do you simply apply those ideals only to those who agree with you?
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Do you have statistics to back up your prejudice against people on welfare, or have you never actually bothered to question the line you've been given?
I like this twist on this fairy tale. I would have expected Clyde to have the unicorn sign a legally binding contract with the Clyde Management Agency that included 25% of residuals in perpetuity. :-)
Great morale