Fable 256 - The Travellers and the Axe

Two men were travelling together. One of them found an axe along the way and he said to his companion:
‘We’ve found an axe.’
‘Don’t say we have found, say you have found,’ said the other man.
Soon afterwards they were joined by the men who had lost the axe, and the one who had it, seeing that they were about to chase him, said:
‘We are lost!’
‘Don’t say we are lost,’ replied his companion, ‘but “I am lost.” For since you found the axe you haven’t granted me half of your lucky find.’

This fable shows that if you are not willing to share good luck with a friend, you should not expect him to stand by you in misfortune.