A river flowed near a forest. To cross the river, a bridge was formed with a tree trunk. The bridge was so thin that only one person could pass it at a time.

Once, a wild goat started passing through that bridge. Suddenly a goat was coming from the other side, and she also started trying to cross the bridge. Now both goats stood face-to-face in the middle of the bridge. Now they started fighting with each other over who could cross the river first. One goat angrily said to the other goat, “Let me go first.” Now the other one said no—I will not move back. I have come so far ahead; how can I move back? Why wouldn’t you return? Let me go first.

Both goats were fools. Neither of them was willing to go backward. Both of them stubbornly started fighting among themselves. After quarrelling for some time, they fell into the river and drowned.

Moral: Fools always insist on stubbornness and harm themselves.