There had been a greedy dog. One day he stole a piece of meat from a farmer’s kitchen. Taking it in his mouth he started to run away from the place. He was looking for a suitable place to eat the piece. While he was running with it, on the way he had to cross the bridge across a small stream. While walking slowly ahead, he looked down and saw his reflection in the water below. He thought it must be another dog with another piece of meat in its mouth. He became easily tempted to see it. He wished to have the shadow of the meat and jumped upon his own shadow with a loud bark. As soon as he opened his mouth, the piece of meat dropped from his mouth and was taken away by the current of the stream. Thus the greedy dog lost his own piece of meat as well as the one he wanted to snatch.