Twistales

A herdsman, who had lost a calf, went roaming through the forest intent on finding it. After a long and fruitless search, he made a vow to the God, that he would sacrifice a goat to them if they would help him discover who stole his calf. Not long afterwards, as he reached the summit of a hill, he saw a lion feeding on the calf. And now the unhappy man vowed to sacrifice a full-grown bull along with the lamb if the God would only let him escape from there.

Old Learning: If all our rash vows were to be granted, many of us would be ruined by our requests