The people of a certain village were suffering under the iron rule of a giant. He would come and steal their food; the grain from the field, the livestock, the vegetables in the gardens, leaving the people with little to eat. The giant kidnapped the young maidens as slaves and killed anyone who tried to rescue them. And he would casually wreck the houses in his search for gain.
Finally the people could stand it no longer. They knew the giant had a rival--a fierce red dragon who lived in the mountains. And they knew that both the giant and the dragon hated each other. So the people sought the dragon and called on him to help. He agreed to help, and so he returned with the people to the village. The dragon fought the giant until the giant was defeated and sent away. The people hailed the dragon as their savior. But within a very short time the dragon burned the people's crops, demanded that maidens be sacrificed to him at full moon, and all in all proved to be far worse than the giant had ever been.
Moral: The enemy of your enemy is not your friend.
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