Peregrin's Fables - The Astrologer
Created | Updated Jan 28, 2002
Once apon a time there was an astrologer. He was absorbed in his work, and staring at the stars, divining the future. As a matter of fact, he had deduced that the world was going to end in three hours time, but that has no relevance to the story. He was so engrossed in looking upwards that he was not watching where he was walking, and walked straight into a disused dry well.
He tripped over and fell down the well shaft, breaking his lower left leg, fracturing his hip, and sustaining a slight graze to his upper right arm.
Soon another man was attracted by his cries of help, and looked down the well and saw it was the astrologer. He cackled evilly. 'You fool!' he cried. 'If you had not been watching the stars so much and been aware of what was going on in the real world, you wouldn't be in the mess you are now!'
The astrologer was so angered by the man's attitude that he threw a stone up at him. He happened to be an exceptionally good shot, and caught the man on the side of the head. The man overbalanced, screamed, and fell into the well too.
He fell directly onto the astrologer, breaking both their necks and killing them both instantly.
Then the world ended, which turns out to be relevant to this story after all.
The moral of this story is: Who cares if you fall down a well and kill yourself, or whatever, if the world is about to end anyway?The Good Beekeeper
The Crow and the Jug
