A Rabbit left his home one day for a dinner of clover. The Bear lost his temper in an instant, and sprang upon the log tooth and claw, to destroy the nest. The wise old Owl knew quite well that it would do no good to argue with the Grasshopper, nor with anybody else for that matter. Mother Mole saw she would have to get such conceit out of his head. The Country Mouse stopped in the Town Mouse's den only long enough to pick up her carpet bag and umbrella. But he immediately wrapped it closely around him, and the harder the Wind blew, the tighter he held it to him. But he spoke in an absent way, and stretching up on tiptoes, seemed to be looking at something afar off. Instead of flying up to greet the first rays of the morning sun or to bathe in the rosy light among the floating clouds at sunset, he would have to walk the ground more encumbered and oppressed than any common barnyard fowl.
Men often condemn others for what they see no wrong in doing themselves.