Once upon a time a Cat and a Monkey lived as pets in the same house. But first please pipe me a tune, for I want to dance and be merry as long as I can. Goodby, neighbor Cricket, he called. I'm off. Do not say 'I have found a purse,' said his companion. Say rather 'we have found a purse' and 'how lucky we are. Yes, said the Grasshoppers, who were very fond of a joke; it is the dew we drink! Now the Bat family had not openly joined either side. When the poor Fox Without a Tail turned around, there arose such a storm of jeers and hooting, that he saw how useless it was to try any longer to persuade the Foxes to part with their tails.
The evil doer often comes to harm through his own deceit.