The Cock and the Jewel

A Cock, scratching for food for himselg and his hens, found a precious stone under straw of barley; "Should to be your owner had found you, and not I" .said the Cock."He would have taken you up, and have set you in thy first estate; but I have found you for no purpose. I would rather have one barleycorn than all the jewels in the world."


The Moral: The ihnorant despise what is precious only because they cannot understand it.