Some Dogs found the skin of a Lion and furiously began to tear it with their teeth. They immediately attacked the Mouse army in large numbers. But Mercury did not give them the golden axe. I hear you, said the Wolf, and I haven't the least grudge against you for what you say or do. The Stork could easily get at the food with his long bill, but all the Fox could do was to lick the outside of the jar, and sniff at the delicious odor. My son, said the Mother Mouse, that gentle creature you saw was none other than the Cat. Mercury dived down for the third time, and when he came up again he had the very axe that had been lost. Soon after, the Ant saw a man getting ready to kill the Dove with a stone. The Serpent was furious. We are drawing all the weight, not you, and we are keeping still about it besides.
Wicked deeds will not stay hid.