A Wild Boar was sharpening his tusks busily against the stump of a tree, when a Fox happened by. Becoming thirsty on the way, he filled his horn at a spring, and was about to drink. Was he as big as this? Go along with you, you stupid Ass, he cried. The Rabbit was quite angry for a Rabbit, and requested the Weasel to move out. But his plans were very much changed when he met a Lion, who, without making any excuses, took the Lamb away from him. Still he kept up a flow of sarcastic talk, just to exercise his wits and to have the fun of disputing. This answer took the Dolphin by surprise, and, turning his head, he now saw what it was he was carrying. And there, he who had defeated the King of beasts came to a miserable end, the prey of a little spider.
The weak are made to suffer for the misdeeds of the powerful.