Away with you, vile insect!, said a Lion angrily to a Gnat that was buzzing around his head. Try some and see. So thereafter the Ass would eat nothing and drink nothing but dew. The Mouse did not need much coaxing, for he was very anxious to see the world and everything in it. As they lay looking up among the pleasant leaves, they saw that it was a Plane Tree. Now the Mice kept more strictly at home than ever. But the Fox had so many plans for escape he could not decide which one to try first. Even a contemptible Ass let fly his heels and brayed his insults in the face of the Lion.
However unfortunate we may think we are there is always someone worse off than ourselves.