Fable #213

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An old Toad once informed all his neighbors that he was a learned doctor. But she was grasping in nature, so she did what the Wolf asked her to do. The Shepherd often catches and carries off one of us. The Shepherd suspected a Wolf of the deed and so set out toward a rocky region among the hills, where there were caves infested by Wolves. His sharp quills pricked them at every turn, and at last they politely asked him to leave. That is all very well, replied the Pig, with a squeal and a frantic kick. But alas! It was a long time before he came back to her. The Goatherd was frightened. But he forgot to latch the door of his house and while he was gone a Weasel walked in and calmly made himself at home. That's what I call real beauty.

Too much attention to danger may cause us to fall victims to it.