Fable #7

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Two Pots, one of brass and the other of clay, stood together on the hearthstone. called the Crane anxiously. The Goat looked over the edge of the cliff. One of the feats he told about was a leap he had made in a city Called Rhodes. A Kite saw her. Why do you look so woebegone? It is ages since you went away, and all the time, you have been carrying on with all sorts of flowers. Next year the Eagle built her nest far up on a mountain crag; but the Beetle found it and again destroyed the eggs. He had been working since sunrise and his strokes were not so sure as they had been early that morning. Indeed, said the Dolphin. Then of course you often visit Piraeus. Both Travelers rushed to the beach, but there they found nothing but a water-soaked log.

Those who try to deceive may expect to be paid in their own coin.