Fame as a substitute?

An earthworm was runover by a passing cart and its mate was heartbroken. "No more I shall turn up the earth; let the earth go to hell for all I care."Zeus descended at that moment to ask the earthworm to take back his curse. He refused and said," Go to the blazes!"
Aeons later a pilgrim was passing at the foot of Mt.Olympus saw a laurel tree and he bowed and said," Oh Zeus what brings you here?"
" Oh a worm just ticked me off."
Zeus asked what took him on pilgrimage. He replied," Misery of my existence. What is out there has touched me as well."
The pilgrim plucked a bough from him and said," You cannot save the earth while an earthworm can with impunity consign the peace of earth to misery!"
The pilgrim went back to his people and said," Here is a branch! With these laurel leaves we shall make a wreath for the victor!"
It was how the tradition of Olympic Games began. Victors receive fame, cause of which none cares to know.
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