eep. Soon a little Lamb was following him about and was quickly
led away to slaughter.

That evening the Wolf entered the fold with the flock. But it
happened that the Shepherd took a fancy for mutton broth that
very evening, and, picking up a knife, went to the fold. There
the first he laid hands on and killed was the Wolf.

_The evil doer often comes to harm through his own deceit._

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THE BULL AND THE GOAT

A Bull once escaped from a Lion by entering a cave which the
Goatherds used to house their flocks in stormy weather and at
night. It happened that one of the Goats had been left behind,
and the Bull had no sooner got inside than this Goat lowered his
head and made a rush at him, butting him with his horns. As the
Lion was still prowling outside the entrance to the cave, the
Bull had to submit to the insult.

"Do not think," he said, "that I submit to your cowardly
treatment because I am afraid of you. When that Lion leaves, I'll
teach you a lesson you won't forget."

_It is wicked to take advantage of another's distress._

THE EAGLE AND THE BEETLE

A Beetle once begged the Eagle to spare a Hare which had run to
her for protection. But the Eagle pounced upon her prey, the
sweep of her great wings tumbling the Beetle a dozen feet away.
Furious at the disrespect shown her, the Beetle flew to the
Eagle's nest and rolled out the eggs. Not one did she spare. The
Eagle's grief and anger knew no bounds, but who had done the
cruel deed she did not know.

Next year the Eagle built her nest far up on a mountain crag; but
the Beetle found it and again destroyed the eggs. In despair the
Eagle now implored great Jupiter to let her place her eggs in his
lap. There none would dare harm them. But the Beetle buzzed about
Jupiter's head, and made him rise to drive her away; and the eggs
rolled from his lap.

Now the Beetle told the reason for her action, and Jupiter had to
acknowledge the justice of her cause. And they say that ever
after, while the Eagle's eggs lie in the nest in spring, the
Beetle still sleeps in the ground. For so Jupiter commanded.

_Even the weakest may find means to avenge a wrong._

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THE OLD LION AND THE FOX

An old Lion, whose teeth and claws were so worn that it was not
so easy for him to get food as in his younger days, pretended
that he was sick. He took care to let all his neighbors know