bursting out into a great rage
THE LION, the Fox and the Ass entered into an agreement to
assist each other in the chase. Having secured a large booty, the
Lion on their return from the forest asked the Ass to allot his due
portion to each of the three partners in the treaty. The Ass
carefully divided the spoil into three equal shares and modestly
requested the two others to make the first choice. The Lion,
bursting out into a great rage, devoured the Ass. Then he
requested the Fox to do him the favor to make a division. The
Fox accumulated all that they had killed into one large heap and
left to himself the smallest possible morsel. The Lion said,
“Who has taught you, my very excellent fellow, the art of division?
You are perfect to a fraction.” He replied, “I learned it from the
Ass, by witnessing his fate.”
Happy is the man who learns from the misfortunes of others.
The Bull, the Lioness, and the Wild-Boar Hunter A BULL finding a
lion’s cub asleep gored him to death with his horns. The Lioness
came up, and bitterly lamented the death of her whelp. A wild-boar
Hunter, seeing her distress, stood at a distance and said to her,
“Think how many men there are who have reason to lament the
loss of their children, whose deaths have been caused by you.”
The Oak and the Woodcutters
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