A Bull once escaped from a Lion by entering a cave which the Goatherds used to house their flocks in stormy weather and at night. Unable to free himself, he filled the forest with his angry roaring. Do you not see, replied the old Frog, that the Bull who is beaten, will be driven away from the good forage up there to the reeds of this marsh, and we shall all be trampled into the mud? Strangely enough, a Wolf was lurking near and heard what the Goat had said. An Ant was first to take the stand, and was about to be cross-examined, when a wise old Bee addressed the Court. A Bull trampled him with his heavy hoofs. I can promise you a good time if you do. Please pull it out, he pleaded, groaning as if in pain. A Fox chanced to see them and laughed scornfully. I'll show him who is fit to be king, he or I. Just then an immense shadow blotted him out entirely, and the next instant a Lion struck him down with a single blow.
Those who try to deceive may expect to be paid in their own coin.