Envy

There was a fox named Flah who lived in a village with his children. He was envious of his neighbors and thought it was the time for his children to get married. He gathered them and said to them, “You have grown, so tell me what you desire so that you get married, and then I want you to search for beautiful women and live a wonderful, noble life.” The children said, “But, O father, how will we find the women? It will be difficult that we search for them by ourselves.” The smaller one said, “I will not stop you, O father, but give us permission, for we are not old enough.” ...

There was a rich man. When he married, he begot from his wife two sons. He continued to raise them, oversee their upbringing, and spend upon them until they grew up and became men capable of bearing responsibility. Then after a period of time, the man fell severely ill. He continued to suffer from this illness until he died from the severity of the effects of that disease. He left his two sons a tremendous fortune. ...