They say that monkeys give birth to two young, loving and carefully nurturing one, while hating and neglecting the other. Yet by some divine turn of fortune, the one so tenderly cared for and embraced by its mother is smothered, while the neglected one grows to maturity.
The tale shows that fortune is stronger than all our careful planning.
Τοὺς πιθήκους φασὶ δύο τίκτειν, καὶ τὸ μὲν ἓν τῶν γεννημάτων στέργειν καὶ μετʼ ἐπιμελείας τρέφειν, τὸ δὲ ἕτερον μισεῖν καὶ ἀμελεῖν. Συμβαίνει δὲ κατά τινα θείαν τύχην, τὸ μὲν ἐπιμελούμενον ἡδέως καὶ ἀγκαλιζόμενον παρὰ τῆς μητρὸς ἀποπνίγεσθαι, τὸ δὲ ὀλιγωρούμενον ἐκτελειοῦσθαι.
Ὁ λόγος δηλοῖ, ὅτι πάσης προνοίας ἡ τύχη δυνατωτέρα καθέστηκε.
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