Aesop's Fractions
A naive rabbit agrees to a sly fox's offer to cut its food by 50% then raise it by 50%, not realizing it ends up with only 75%.
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Cartoon by Ben Orlin, Math with Bad Drawings. https://cartoons.mathwithbaddrawings.com/2017-01-12-aesop-s-fractions/ (CC BY-NC 4.0)Transcript
[Title] Aesop's Fractions
Rabbit: "So you'll decrease my share of the food by 50%, then immediately increase it by 50%? Sounds fair to me!"