A Serpent had succeeded in surprising an Eagle and had wrapped himself around the Eagle's neck. But she could walk sideways only, like her son. But the Gnat was not in the least disturbed. It turned out as the Frog had said I shall take very good care of you. Just then a Swallow flew by, twittering merrily, and the young man, thinking summer had come, hastened off to a clothes dealer, to whom he sold all the clothes he wore down to his very tunic. He soon returned to the field with a sling. While the Ass cropped a fresh bit of greens, the Fox would devour a chicken from the neighboring farmyard or a bit of cheese filched from the dairy. But just as he cast the stone, the Ant stung him in the heel, so that the pain made him miss his aim, and the startled Dove flew to safety in a distant wood.
Do not believe everything you hear.