Suddenly they heard growling and barking. I do not like that music at my dinner. Just at that moment the door flew open, in came two huge mastiffs, and the two mice had to scamper down and run off. I may not be so grand, but I think I am safer. But it soon had to repent of its boasting, for a hurricane arose which tore it up from its roots, and cast it a useless log on the ground, while the little Reed, bending to the force of the wind, soon stood upright again when the storm had passed over.
Obscurity often brings safety.
A Dog looking out for its afternoon nap jumped into the Manger of an Ox and lay there cosily upon the straw. But soon the Ox, returning from its afternoon work, came up to the Manger and wanted to eat some of the straw. The Dog in a rage, being awakened from its slumber, stood up and barked at the Ox, and whenever it came near attempted to bite it. Skin An Ass once found a Lion's skin which the hunters had left out in the sun to dry. He put it on and went towards his native village.