Able for a Fable?

Picked up a copy of Aesop's Fables in Eason's recently and have been dipping in and out of them every so often remarking at their profundity one minute and at their inanity the next. And while I'm not actively looking to them as a moral compass or a guiding light, having already been innately schooled in their messages, I am still all the better for having them in my collection. Ye could do worse. Here be a swift one:

Two Bags: According to ancient folklore every man is born into the world with two bags suspended from his neck - one in the front and one behind, and both are full of faults. But the one in front is full of his neighbour's faults; the one behind full of his own. Consequently, men are blind to their own faults but never lose sight of their neighbour's.

Cue whoops, cheers, pipes and smoke!

More tomorrow ...

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Tall tales!