Fable 356 - The Flea and the Boxer

One day, a flea landed with one jump on to the toe of a sick boxer, and took a bite of it. In a rage, the fighter prepared his nails
ready to crush the flea. But it took off and, with its usual hop, escaped him and avoided death. So the boxer said with a sigh:
‘Oh Herakles! If that is the way you help me against a flea, what can I expect from you when I face my opponents?’

This fable teaches us that we too ought not to call upon the gods all the time for mere trifles, but for more urgent needs.