Board members seemed to appreciate the first Zima fable, so here
is another.

Zima being the consummate observer of nature that she is, enjoys
her daily hunt. Today she was out with several other coyotes looking
for birds and squirrel's. As they move they watch the leaves of
trees and bushes carefully for any movement which might signal
a meal. Zima spots a mother bird nesting her young in a tree. She
tries to climb the tree, but is not successful, so she moves on.

A few hours later a snake is sunning itself on a dirt road as
Zima and friends come by. The coyotes are so intent on looking
at the bushes and trees that they totally miss the snake lying
on the road and walk right over it. The snake being alarmed
by the coyotes, hisses, and slithers into the bushes. Zima, now
realizing that she missed something, rushes back to where the
snake was and searches high and low for the snake that is no
longer there. Distressed that she missed supper, she puts tail
between legs and trudges on kicking the sandy road.

My Moral: Sometimes the most obvious is the hardest to see.

I expect there are other lessons here too - any revised endings?