An Ass and a Fox had become close comrades, and were constantly in each other's company. The sun was sinking. The Eagle accepted the Kite immediately. If he had stopped to think he would have known better. But this only brought out the whole swarm. Soon a swarm of blood-sucking flies settled on him; but he lay quietly, still too weak to run away from them. How can it be, he sighed, that I should be cursed with such legs when I have so magnificent a crown. The Snake soon revived, and when it had enough strength, bit the man who had been so kind to it. In great fear the Mice scurried to a hiding place, where they lay quite still for a long time, hardly daring to breathe. There the first he laid hands on and killed was the Wolf.
Look before you leap.