A Boy whose business it was to look after some Goats gathered them together as night began to fall to lead them home. One of the number refused to obey his call and stood on a ledge of a rock, nibbling the herbage that grew there. The boy lost all patience, and taking up a stone and, threw it at the goat with all his might. The Stone struck one of the horns of the goat and broke it off at the middle. The Boy, terrified at what he had done and fearing his masters anger, threw himself upon his knees before the Goat, and begged her to say nothing to the master about the mishap, as it was far from his intention to aim the stone so well. “Tush” replied the goat. “Let my tongue be ever so silent, my horn is sure to tell the tale”
Moral: Do not attempt to hide what cannot be hid.
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