A wasp named pin tail was long in quest of some deed that
would make him forever famous. So one day he entered the king’s palace and
stung the little prince, who was in bed. The prince awoke with loud cries. The
king and his courtiers rushed in to see what had happened.
The prince was yelling as the wasp stung him again and again. The courtiers tried to catch the wasp, and each in turn was stung. The whole royal household rushed in, the news soon spread, and people flocked to the palace. The city was in an uproar, all business suspended, then said the wasp to itself, before it expired from its efforts, “A name without fame is like fire without fame. There is nothing like attracting notice at any cost.”
The prince was yelling as the wasp stung him again and again. The courtiers tried to catch the wasp, and each in turn was stung. The whole royal household rushed in, the news soon spread, and people flocked to the palace. The city was in an uproar, all business suspended, then said the wasp to itself, before it expired from its efforts, “A name without fame is like fire without fame. There is nothing like attracting notice at any cost.”
Culled from the 48 laws.
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