A Lion and an Ass agreed to go hunting together. What, cried the Bat, I, a Bird! At last the Mice kept so closely to their dens, that the Cat saw he would have to use his wits well to catch one. Very timidly at first they stuck out their heads and sniffed about carefully. In a short time the younger Frogs were using him for a diving platform, while the older Frogs made him a meeting place, where they complained loudly to Jupiter about the government. Now they reached a clearing in the forest and there stood a statue. Is it his great size that makes your eyes pop out? What use is it, said another, to read the stars, when you can't see what's right here on the earth?
An invitation prompted by selfishness is not to be accepted.