A Farmer was driving his wagon along a miry country road after a heavy rain. It was the right password, but when the Kid peeped through a crack in the door and saw the shadowy figure outside, he did not feel at all easy. Judging by its weight it must be full of gold. Such deceit was unpardonable, and Birds and Beasts made common cause to drive out the Bats. But in the midst of his song, his driver guessed what the Ass had got into his head, and began to beat him unmercifully with a stick. as far away from one another as they could get. My boy, said his mother, be satisfied with half the nuts you have taken and you will easily get your hand out. It was mounted on an Ass adorned with garlands and gorgeous trappings, and a grand procession of priests and pages followed it through the streets. As the Reeds spoke a great hurricane rushed out of the north. He soon roused the whole hen yard, and when the Farmer came running out, that was the end of Mr. Fox.
Boast of one thing and you will be found lacking in that and a few other things as well.