The Hare and the Pig
A Hare and a Pig once agreed to leap over a ditch. The Hare went a great way, and fell into it, just short by an inch. The Pig went some way and fell into it; but far behind the Hare. Yet they were eager to know which of them leapt more, and was therefore the better animal.
So they said to a Fox, who had been watching the race: “Will you tell us which of us is superior, and which inferior, in the race?”
The Fox said: “Both in the ditch: can’t say which!”