One bright day in late autumn a family of Ants were bustling about in the warm sunshine, drying out the grain they had stored up during the summer The Fox heard the news and hurried to see the Toad. While they were disputing with much heat and bluster, a Traveler passed along the road wrapped in a cloak. Do you pretend to know more than I? The King of Beasts is like wax in our hands! The Ant struggled in vain to reach the bank, and in pity, the Dove dropped a blade of straw close beside it. The Miller and his Son quickly scrambled down, and a short time later, the market place was thrown into an uproar as the two came along carrying the Donkey slung from a pole. One day the Dog wandered down to the seashore, There he spied an Oyster. So they sent a petition to Jupiter asking for a king. The Heron saw no more fish, and very glad was he at last to breakfast on a tiny Snail.
Our best blessings are often the least appreciated.