Two Men were traveling in company through a forest, when, all at once, a huge Bear crashed out of the brush near them. They must be on their way to sell the poor thing's hide, said another. The Tortoise meanwhile kept going slowly but steadily, and, after a time, passed the place where the Hare was sleeping. Standing at a safe distance from the cave, he inquired politely after the Lion's health. Just then, close by, they heard a hunter's horn and the yelping of a pack of hounds. Running up, he caught the bird and clipped its wings. In the middle they met horn to horn. Neither would give way, and so they both fell, to be swept away by the roaring torrent below.
A fine coat is not always an indication of an attractive mind.