Two men were traveling in company along the road when one of them picked up a well-filled purse. See, said the man, that's how strong we are! To warm my hands, the Man replied. But he always guarded it faithfully. All he could do to amuse himself was to talk to his dog or play on his shepherd's pipe. No, no, your majesty. In pity for the noble Eagle he rushed up and soon had loosened the coiling Serpent and freed the Eagle. And so the Bat escaped with his life a second time.
Do not believe everything you hear.