Aesop’s "The One-Eyed Doe"

“Presumption was the curse that blinded me, but now it is the bullet’s curse that has opened my eyes,” said the dying doe. “Finally, we’ve got us some eat!” was the sailor’s cry of victory, as his shot was gave way to the doe's moan of demise. All she had noted with her good eye was the posted sign that allowed enemies to her path, so all that she looked for were the boots on land. As her other eye, it was blind to the ships on the sea.