A line in the sand

So the sage drew a line in the sand and said to the people: those who are bright, handsome and good you should be on that side of the line, and those who are dull, ugly and bad should be on the other side of the line. And a war broke out amongst many of the people, over who had the right to be one side or the other.

And some stood away from the crowd and gossiped and bet upon who should or would end up on either side.

And still a fewer number stood back from even these and watching a beetle crawl across the sand in front of them leaving another line, commented upon how silly these folks were to be making such trouble over what was really just a line in the sand.

And yet still a smaller group stood back and realised how foolish the last group were not to notice how ironic that the beetle was drawing a line between them and the group that was fighting.

And the they realised something, and left.