A Fox that had been caught in a trap, succeeded at last, after much painful tugging, in getting away. Yes, said the Grasshoppers, who were very fond of a joke; it is the dew we drink! Now the Bat family had not openly joined either side. From this he took a very small portion for himself, such undesirable bits as the horns and hoofs of a mountain goat, and the end of an ox tail. To each one he showed an axe of gold, and each one eagerly claimed it to be the one he had lost. Do not on any account part with the estate that has belonged to our family for so many generations. 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. And when they returned next day to look for their own axes, they were nowhere to be found.
A kindness is never wasted.