A jar of honey was upset and the sticky sweetness flowed out on the table. It bears no fruit whatever, and only serves to litter the ground with leaves. when a starving Grasshopper, his fiddle under his arm, came up and humbly begged for a bite to eat. The second time the Fox saw the Lion he stopped behind a tree to look at him a moment before slinking away. The axe was all he possessed with which to make a living, and he had not money enough to buy a new one. The Tortoise was very glad indeed. They had not forgotten his superior airs toward them, and, to punish him, they drove him away with a rain of pecks and jeers.
Better to yield when it is folly to resist, than to resist stubbornly and be destroyed.