Fables of the Talmud and the Midrash

Preliminary Study, Selection, and Notes: Manes Kogan
Design and Illustrations: Marcelo Ferder
English Translation: Sandy Berkofsky-Santana

 
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Fable 30: The Serpent's Tail

A serpent’s tail said to its head, “How much longer will you go before me? From now on, I will go before you.”

The head replied, “You may go before me.”

So the tail went before the head. It fell into a well. It went through fire. It crawled over thorns. Why did this happen to the serpent? Because it allowed its head to follow its tail!

--Deuteronomy Rabbah 1:10

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