' Mullah Nasrudin '...

Mullah Nasrudin,

standing on the bank of a river, watched as a dog came to drink.

The dog saw itself in the water and immediately began to bark.

It barked and barked all morning and into the afternoon, until it was foaming at the mouth.

Finally, dying of thirst, the dog fell into the river--whereupon it quenched its thirst, climbed out, and happily walked away..

Nasrudin said,

"Thus I realized all my life I had been barking at my own reflection."