Two Men were traveling in company through a forest, when, all at once, a huge Bear crashed out of the brush near them. I was mistaken, he said. I am quite sure we shall become the closest of friends. He had thick, velvety fur, a meek face, and a look that was very modest, though his eyes were bright and shining. He seized the stick firmly with his teeth, the two Ducks took hold of it one at each end, and away they sailed up toward the clouds. They did not wait for an invitation. No milk and water government for them, they declared. He took care to let all his neighbors know about it, and then lay down in his cave to wait for visitors. At the next turnstile they overtook some women carrying market baskets loaded with vegetables and other things to sell. How much better it would have been, they said, to have shared in a friendly spirit.
Do not stop to argue with temptation.