Fable #955

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A Fox one day spied a beautiful bunch of ripe grapes hanging from a vine trained along the branches of a tree. In pity for the noble Eagle he rushed up and soon had loosened the coiling Serpent and freed the Eagle. Your gold!, There in that hole? Here is a dainty bite for my breakfast. One day he met a pair of Ducks and told them all his trouble. Yes, yes, replied the Monkey.Indeed, I do. I am with him constantly. Constancy! laughed the Butterfly. I had no sooner left you than I saw Zephyr kissing you. The poor Jackdaw returned sadly to his former companions. To find the thief I offered to sacrifice a fat Calf. Well, my son, that proves you've lost your sense of smell as well as being blind.

In unity is strength.