A young Mouse in search of adventure was running along the bank of a pond where lived a Frog. But an Eagle, circling overhead, heard the boasting chanticleer and, swooping down, carried him off to his nest. It's all the same to me, replied the Bull. So they held a council and decided that the very best thing to do was to drink up the river. Dear friend, he said, I was just on my way to visit a sick relative, when I stumbled into this string and got all tangled up. You may have luxuries and dainties that I have not, she said as she hurried away, but I prefer my plain food and simple life in the country with the peace and security that go with it.
The strong are apt to settle questions to their own advantage.