A little hungry Mouse found his way one day into a basket of corn. But just then he noticed that the hair on the Dog's neck was worn and the skin was chafed. The Lion looked back, but as the Wolf was too far away to be taught a lesson without too much inconvenience, he said: Your property? The Kid was browsing near the edge of the roof, when he spied a Wolf and began to jeer at him, making faces and abusing him to his heart's content. How very, very anxious you are about me, she said, and how generous you are with your grass! I am very well satisfied, thank you, said the Porcupine. No hidden gold did they find; but at harvest time when they had settled their accounts and had pocketed a rich profit far greater than that of any of their neighbors, they understood that the treasure their father had told them about was the wealth of a bountiful crop, and that in their industry had they found the treasure.
Good will is worth nothing unless it is accompanied by good acts.