Snail's Savior
This tale from the Divine Conveyance is intended to convince the intelligent races that they need to use their developed senses of empathy to show kindness to other beings.
Summary
A monkey loping through the forest sees a snail crawling across the scattered leaves on the forest floor.
"I'm much bigger and more important than that snail," the monkey thinks, and crushes the little creature without a second thought.
At the same time, a wandering Tsaamit sees a different snail trying to make its way across a road.
"I'm much bigger and more important than that snail," the Tsaamit thinks, and lifts the tiny being to place it gently on the other side of the road.
Like the intelligent person, the monkey in this story has the wherewithal to realize how much larger and more powerful it is than a snail, but that's where the similarities end. Where the Tsaamit has the ability to feel true empathy and assist a creature much more insignificant than themselves, the monkey can only comprehend the size and strength difference, then use them to end the other creature's existence.
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