A Jackdaw chanced to fly over the garden of the King's palace. You lie here in my cooling shade, and yet you say I am useless! Many a Hare and many a Mouse died. But just then he noticed that the hair on the Dog's neck was worn and the skin was chafed. The Lion looked back, but as the Wolf was too far away to be taught a lesson without too much inconvenience, he said: Your property? The Kid was browsing near the edge of the roof, when he spied a Wolf and began to jeer at him, making faces and abusing him to his heart's content. How very, very anxious you are about me, she said, and how generous you are with your grass! I am very well satisfied, thank you, said the Porcupine. As they walked along the highway some travelers laughed loudly at them. Not one escaped the teeth of the hungry Weasels.
It is one thing to say that something should be done, but quite a different matter to do it.