A Dove saw an Ant fall into a brook. Then he heard the Mother's voice say: Hush, child, hush! What news?, asked the Cock very calmly. But he had a queer, fluttery feeling inside him. The Bees were just as sure that the treasure was theirs. But the Dolphins took the shipwrecked people on their backs and swam with them to shore. Every Mouse I catch, I am going to eat! The Heron saw no more fish, and very glad was he at last to breakfast on a tiny Snail.
The flatterer seeks some benefit at your expense.