A Bat blundered into the nest of a Weasel, who ran up to catch and eat him. Wishing also to rest in the shade cast by the Ass, he began to quarrel with the Traveler, saying he had hired the Ass and not the shadow it cast. His limbs could no longer bear him, and the King of Beasts was very pitiful indeed as he lay gasping on the ground, about to die. What!, snarled the Wolf, whirling around. To cool my porridge, replied the Man. On the ground lay a Snake, stiff and frozen with the cold. You would be wiser, said an old acquaintance, to keep quietly out of sight with that clog. But the Beetle buzzed about Jupiter's head, and made him rise to drive her away; and the eggs rolled from his lap. This Dog was a favorite and received many a pat and kind word from his Master, as well as choice bits from his plate. The wind redoubled in fury, and all at once the great tree fell, torn up by the roots, and lay among the pitying Reeds.
It is wicked to take advantage of another's distress.