2.27. A DOG, A COCK, AND A FOX. A Dog and a Cock took a journey together. The Dog kennelled in the body of a hollow tree, and the Cock roosted at night upon the boughs. The Cock crowed about midnight (at his usual hour), which brought a Fox that was abroad upon the hunt immediately to the tree; and there he stood licking of his lips at the Cock, and, wheedling him to get him down, he protested he never heard so angelical a voice since he was born; and what would not he do now, to hug the creature that had given him so admirable a serenade?
"Pray," says the Cock, "speak to the porter below to open the door, and I'll come down to you."
The Fox, little dreaming of the Dog so near, did as he was directed, and the Dog presently seized and worried him.
MORAL. Experience makes many a wise man of a fool, and security makes many a fool of a wise man. [more info]
"Pray," says the Cock, "speak to the porter below to open the door, and I'll come down to you."
The Fox, little dreaming of the Dog so near, did as he was directed, and the Dog presently seized and worried him.
MORAL. Experience makes many a wise man of a fool, and security makes many a fool of a wise man. [more info]
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