It is easier to get into the enemy's toils than out again. The Lion, on the advice of the Fox, sent a message to the Ass, proposing to make an alliance between their two families. The Ass came to the place of meeting, overjoyed at the prospect of a royal alliance. Watch you here while I go and have a nap. Woe betide you if you touch my prey.
Wit has always an answer ready.
An Eagle was soaring through the air when suddenly it heard the whizz of an Arrow, and felt itself wounded to death. Slowly it fluttered down to the earth, with its life-blood pouring out of it. Looking down upon the Arrow with which it had been pierced, it found that the shaft of the Arrow had been feathered with one of its own plumes. As she went along she began calculating what she would do with the money she would get for the milk. I shall just look at her and toss my head like this.