daskhora’resdul
Fable Eight
The Tallest Shroom Beetle
shroom beetle, lamenting its small stature, crawled to the top of a great mushroom.
²It gazed out over the Ashlands and cried, “Ha! There is no shroom beetle taller than I! There is nothing I cannot see!”
³Just then, a cliff racer swooped down and plucked the beetle from its perch. ⁴The beast grinned a wide toothy grin and said, “Had you stayed on the ground, I never would have seen you. Is it not better to be short than dead?”
⁵Alas, the beetle learned too late that forsaking one’s nature brings nothing but ruin.