THE steward of a certain rich man was left in
charge of his master's property. When asked by
someone as to whose property it was, he used to
say: "Sir, this is all my property; these houses and
these gardens are all mine.'' He would speak in this
strain and go about with an air of vanity. One day
he happened to catch fish in a pond of his master's
garden-house in contravention of his strict
prohibition. As ill-luck would have it, the master
came upon the scene just then, and saw what his
dishonest steward was doing. Finding out the
faithlessness of his servant, the master at once
drove him away from his estate, disgraced and
dishonoured, and confiscated all his past earnings.
The poor fellow could not take with him even his
rickety box of utensils which was his sole private
property.
Such is the punishment that overtakes
false pride.
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