Once a Cat and a Fox were traveling together. You laughed when I said I would repay you, said the Mouse. Do not worry about us, replied the Reeds. Such scanty fare is not fit for a Heron. So he put on a pair of spectacles, and with a leather box in his hand, knocked at the door of the Bird's home. The horses could hardly drag the load through the deep mud, and at last came to a standstill when one of the wheels sank to the hub in a rut. Look at my ribs. I am nothing but skin and bone. But let me tell you something in private. As for you, you can use your legs so well that I should have little chance of collecting the debt if I had to catch you for it!
Do not attempt too much at once.