A Fox fell into a well, and though it was not very deep, he found that he could not get out again. Perhaps you see the mark of the collar to which my chain is fastened. I wish he had stung you! Had it not been for the Dolphins, who at that time were very friendly toward mankind and especially toward Athenians, all would have perished. Under his kindly appearance, he bears a grudge against every one of us. Once they decided to die rather than live in such misery. What makes you squeal like that? asked one of the Sheep. He very quickly captured the porker, which squealed at the top of its voice the moment the Shepherd laid his hands on it. So one day he climbed up on a shelf and hung from it, head downward, as if he were dead, holding himself up by clinging to some ropes with one paw. Naturally, the poor foolish Ass soon died.
The wicked deserve no aid.