Fable #468

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Away with you, vile insect!, said a Lion angrily to a Gnat that was buzzing around his head. I will confess all my sins first. But as nothing stirred, all trooped joyfully out to celebrate the death of the Cat. But the Wolf did not try to do any harm. Instead he seemed to be helping the Shepherd take care of the Sheep. Take good care of the house, my son, she said to the Kid, as she carefully latched the door. So intense did the heat become, that the Traveler at last decided to stop for a rest, and as there was no other shade to be found, the Traveler sat down in the shadow of the Ass. A chain!,cried the Wolf. But the big hulking Camel made himself very ridiculous as he kicked out his knotty legs and twisted his long clumsy neck. He would have made you feel how much sharper his claws are than your teeth.

One swallow does not make a summer.