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The Boy and the Filberts
A BOY put his hand into a pitcher full of filberts. He
grasped as many as he could possibly hold, but when he
tried to pull out his hand, he was prevented from doing so
by the neck of the pitcher. Unwilling to lose his filberts,
and yet unable to withdraw his hand, he burst into tears
and bitterly lamented his disappointment. A bystander
said to him, "Be satisfied with half the quantity, and you
will readily draw out your hand."