A Heron was walking sedately along the bank of a stream, his eyes on the clear water, and his long neck and pointed bill ready to snap up a likely morsel for his breakfast. You will have to stay there till you feel just like you did when you went in. A timid little Mouse came upon him unexpectedly, and in her fright and haste to get away, ran across the Lion's nose. You pretend to be our king, he said, and cannot even take care of yourself! In return you will get tidbits of every kind, chicken bones, choice bits of meat, sugar, cake, and much more beside, not to speak of kind words and caresses. Get away from here, sir, she said to the Grasshopper. Don't you go wherever you please? To teach the Frogs a lesson the ruler of the gods now sent a Crane to be king of Frogland. No hidden gold did they find; but at harvest time when they had settled their accounts and had pocketed a rich profit far greater than that of any of their neighbors, they understood that the treasure their father had told them about was the wealth of a bountiful crop, and that in their industry had they found the treasure.
It is better to yield than to come to misfortune through stubbornness.