Some hungry Dogs saw a number of hides at the bottom of a stream where the Tanner had put them to soak. That evening he gave the Jackdaw to his children. He was to meet some jolly young men that morning, and he was at his wits' end how to get enough money to keep up appearances. I am nothing but a Mouse. He would be very happy to give them some medicine. As he ran, the setting sun cast his shadow far out on the ground, and it looked as if the wolf were a hundred times bigger than he really was. Wishing also to rest in the shade cast by the Ass, he began to quarrel with the Traveler, saying he had hired the Ass and not the shadow it cast. Yes, indeed, answered the Lion, and if I had not known you and your kind I should certainly have run, too.
It is cowardly to attack the defenseless, though he be an enemy.