A DOG used to run up quietly to the side of everyone he met, and to bite them without notice.
His master tied a bell about his neck so that the Dog might give notice of his presence wherever he went.
Thinking it a mark of distinction, the Dog grew proud of his bell and went tinkling it all over the marketplace.
One day an old hound said to him: "Why do you
make such an exhibition of yourself? That bell
that you carry is not, believe me, any order of
merit, but on the contrary a mark of disgrace, a
public notice to all men to avoid you as an ill
mannered dog."
Moral: Notoriety is often mistaken for
fame.