A Wolf had been feasting too greedily, and a bone had stuck crosswise in his throat. There was a sudden rush of great wings. He found the Dog in his master's yard, and asked him to come out and be eaten. If you will please go around to the door of my house at the foot of the tree, my porter will let you in. On the way home the Ass, remembering what had happened at the ford, purposely let himself fall into the water, and again got rid of most of his burden. But they soon discovered how tame and peaceable King Log was. Show me how to walk, mother dear, answered the little Crab obediently, I want to learn. Though Jupiter may not give him the prize, I know that he is the prettiest, the sweetest, the dearest darling in the world.
It is wiser to bear a single injury in silence than to provoke thousand by flying into a rage.