In contrast to other variations, the frog falls into a pond and survives to brag about its claimed travels. Aesop is credited with two fables about a tortoise and several birds, one in the Greek of Babrius and the other in the Latin of Phaedrus. In both versions, the slow-witted tortoise defeats the quick birds by outlasting them at eating food. In the Greek version, the tortoise outruns all the birds in a race until it reaches a river where some fish have fallen into it. The turtle eats everything but the birds' eggs which it leaves behind because they were not edible. When the fish return, they find only their bones remaining so they give up trying to escape and instead try to catch something themselves. In the Latin version, the tortoise beats the birds in a race until it reaches a river where some fish have fallen into it. Both stories warn that being fast on your feet can save your life under dangerous circumstances. It's possible that the story of the tortoise and the frogs came first and was used as a metaphor for someone who is more experienced or older than others.