Fable #259

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A Dog, to whom the butcher had thrown a bone, was hurrying home with his prize as fast as he could go. What caught his attention this time and made him stop for a second look, was that the lucky Crow held a bit of cheese in her beak. That is a Jackdaw, my children. So she opened her beak wide to utter her loudest caw, and down fell the cheese straight into the Fox's open mouth. He easily guessed what the Wolf had in mind, and thought of a plan to save himself. But she could walk sideways only, like her son. But the Gnat was not in the least disturbed. It turned out as the Frog had said A few days later a change in weather brought a severe frost; and the poor swallow and that foolish young man in his light tunic, and with his arms and knees bare, could scarcely keep life in their shivering bodies.

A fine coat is not always an indication of an attractive mind.