We will tell you what we think you want to hear, and then we will tell you what we know you need to hear.

We will only worry about what you think about us, when you don’t think we have been honest.

You will receive honest and complete answers to every question you ask.

An Explanatory Tale

Aesop’s story of the Fox and the Crow shows the stupidity of only listening to what you want to hear.

One day a hungry Fox saw an ugly old Crow sitting in a tree, with a large piece of cheese in its beak.

The Fox had not eaten for some time, and lacked the energy to hunt. He thought he could get an easy meal if he could convince the Crow to drop the cheese.

He shouted up to the Crow, “Good morning Crow, you are indeed the most beautiful Crow I have ever seen”.

The Crow looked down at the Fox and nodded his head in agreement, and shifted slightly on his perch so that the sun would catch his feathers in a better light.

“Oh! Crow”, said the Fox, “I wish you would sing me a song, because such a beautiful bird must surely have a beautiful voice. It would make this day so perfect to have the accompaniment of beautiful music”

The silly old Crow’s ego was boosted at hearing something that he wanted to hear. He immediately opened his beak to caw, and dropped the big piece of cheese to the floor.

The Fox quickly gobbled up the cheese. As he proudly walked away he thought, I got what I wanted, by telling the Crow what he wanted to hear.

I told the Crow he was beautiful. I made no comment about his intelligence.