Fable #617

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One moonlight evening as Master Fox was taking his usual stroll in the woods, he saw a number of Pheasants perched quite out of his reach on a limb of a tall old tree. What did he tell you? He had heard that a Bear will not touch a dead body. Soon the Mouse line gave way before the attack and the whole army fled for cover. He tied the Mouse's leg to his own with a tough reed. But the Serpent's hold only tightened, and slowly the Eagle sank back to earth, gasping for breath. Yes, answered the Monkey, proudly. My family is one of the noblest in the city. Yes, indeed, answered the Lion, and if I had not known you and your kind I should certainly have run, too.

The trickster is easily tricked.