The Two Travelers and the Axe

Two men were journeying together when one of them spotted an axe lying in the path. He picked it up and exclaimed, "I have found an axe!" The other man quickly replied, "Nay, my friend, do not say 'I'; instead, say 'We' have found an axe."

The pair continued on their journey, but it wasn't long before they noticed the owner of the axe pursuing them. In a state of panic, the man who had initially picked up the axe said, "We are undone!"

The other man, maintaining his earlier sentiment, responded, "Nay, keep to your first mode of speech, my friend. What you thought was right then, think is right now. Say 'I,' not 'We' are undone."

This exchange highlights an important lesson: he who shares in the danger ought to share in the reward.