Why in the world do you walk sideways like that? With the first glimmer of dawn the Cock awoke. A chilly little wind came creeping with them making scary noises in the grass. Is there any special food you eat, or is it some divine nectar that makes you sing so wonderfully? The Fox did not vote for the Monkey and was much disgusted with the Animals for electing so unworthy a ruler. It was nobody but the Barnyard Cock and the first one the little Mouse had ever seen. But when he turned his head and saw who had spoken, he walked quietly on. At the ford the Ass again tumbled over; but when he had scrambled to his feet, it was a very disconsolate Ass that dragged himself homeward under a load ten times heavier than before.
Do not try to ape your betters.