A Wolf prowling near a village one evening met a Dog. You would have thought, to hear the loud squealing, that the Pig was being cruelly hurt. When the young Larks told their mother what they had heard that day, she said: Then we must be off at once. As she thought of how she would settle that matter, she tossed her head scornfully, and down fell the pail of milk to the ground. But the Fox was already on his way to the woods. The Lion now recovered his good humor entirely. Now there were several Woodmen in the village who believed that they could easily win the same good fortune. The greedy Monkey followed the Fox to the trap. And that was all the sympathy the poor Mouse got.
Do not sacrifice your freedom for the sake of pomp and show.