Mother Goat was going to market one morning to get provisions for her household, which consisted of but one little Kid and herself. If you promise not to hurt me, I will lead that foolish creature yonder into a pit where he can't get out, and you can feast at your pleasure. But they soon saw who he was. But while they were debating how best to meet death, they thought they heard a noise and in a flash were scampering off to the warren. Your black stiff quills are not worth having. The Monkey sat up, grave and dignified, on the Dolphin's back. Then is the time to eat me. The Wolf could not help thinking how nice it would be to have a fine fat Dog to eat instead of the scrawny object before him. Then one fine day in early spring he found himself with not a penny left, and no property save the clothes he wore. When the weather cleared, and the Shepherd led the Goats out to feed, the Wild Goats scampered off to the hills. And so the Bat escaped with his life a second time.
Better to yield when it is folly to resist, than to resist stubbornly and be destroyed.