Fable #466

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A Fox one day spied a beautiful bunch of ripe grapes hanging from a vine trained along the branches of a tree. Now they reached a clearing in the forest and there stood a statue. Is it his great size that makes your eyes pop out? Without being asked, the Lion placed himself at the head of the feast to do the carving, and, with a great show of fairness, began to count the guests. The least shock is sure to shatter me! A great crowd of people ran out to get a closer look at the strange sight. My father was an Ass after all.

Two sureties are better than one.