The Bull and the Goat


148. THE BULL AND THE GOAT A Bull being pursued by a Lion, fled into a cave where a wild Goat had taken up his abode. The Goat upon this began molesting him, and butting at him with his horns.
“Don’t suppose,” said the Bull, “if I suffer this now, that it is you I am afraid of. Let the Lion be once out of sight, and I will soon show you the difference between a Bull and a Goat.”
Mean people take advantage of their neighbours’ difficulties to annoy them; but the time will come when they will repent them of their insolence. [more info]

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