Envy Punished

Envy Punished

A queen be from Mount Hymentus. ascended to Olympus to present to Jupiter some honey from her comb. Jupiter delighted with the offering of the honey, promised to give her whatever she should ask. She therefore besought him saying "Give me, I pray, a sting so that if any mortal shall approach to take my honey, I may kill him." Jupiter was much displeased, for he loved the human race. But he could not refuse the request on account of the promise he had made. He then answered the bee, "You shall have your request; but it will be at the peril of your own life. For if you use your sting, it will remain in the wound you make, and then you will die from the loss of it?

                                                                      Aesop Fables