Pistago, the Naive

Pistago is a green nut. The green represents naivety, lack of judgement. It’s not that Pistago lacks experience, he’s just nuts. Although he has limited vision and prefers to live in a shell, he can still see what’s going on. The officials have been taking his salt. Now that he’s nearly tasteless, he appeals to the officials to give him back some of his salt. In other words, he asks those who are taking from him to give back some of what they have taken. How naive can a nut get?
“Appealing to the heartless to show compassion,
is like appealing to the fox to become a vegetarian.”
Dartwill Aquila

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