DONT RUN AFTER SHADOWS..... Once upon time a there was a stray dog was roaming about in search of food. Rambling about , he came to a butchers' shop. There he got a bone with some meat on it. So he lifted it and ran for a safe place to enjoy it alone at ease. Soon the dog came to a small stream that had a plank - bridge over it. The dog decided to go across the stream to a lonely place. So , he got over the bridge. Suddenly the dog chanced to his reflection in water from over the bridge. He could not follow that it was his own shadow. On the other hand , he thought it to be another dog with a meaty bone in his mouth. Greedy as he was , the dog decided to snatch meaty bone from the other dog. So , he flew at his shadow to snatch its bone. In the game , he let go his own brown even. What was the result ? It couldn't be but that the the dog lost what he had because he had run after a shadow only....