The Ass and the Lion
Once upon a time a Lion went out to hunt, and he took with him an Ass. And he said to him:—
“Ass, now you go into the woods, and roar as loud as you can; you have a capacious throat. The prey that run away from your roaring will fall into my clutches.”
And so he did. The Ass brayed, and the timid creatures of the wood fled in all directions, and the Lion caught them.
After the hunting was over, the Lion said to the Ass:—
“Now I will praise you. You roared splendidly.”
And since that time the Ass is always braying, and always expects to be praised.