“Which of you can read?”
“Neither of us.”
“Then why do you want the book? Your quarrel reminds me of two bald men who fought for possession of a comb, when neither had any hair on his head.”
XIII
The Wolf and the Fox
A Wolf was running from the dogs, and wanted to hide in a cleft. But a Fox was lying in the cleft; she showed her teeth at the Wolf, and said:—
“You cannot come in here; this is my place.”
The Wolf did not stop to dispute the matter, but merely said:—
“If the dogs were not so near, I would teach you whose place it is; but now the right is on your side.”
XIV
The Peasant and His Horse
Some soldiers made a foray into hostile territory. A peasant ran out into the field where his horse was, and tried to catch it. But the horse would not come to the peasant.
And the peasant said to him:—
“Stupid, if you don’t let me catch you, the enemy will carry you off.”
The Horse asked:—