The Ass in the Lion’s Skin
An Ass, finding a Lion’s skin, put it on, and ranged about the forest. The beasts fled in terror, and he was delighted at the success of his disguise. Meeting a Fox, he rushed upon him, and this time he tried to imitate as well the roaring of the Lion.
“Ah,” said the Fox, “if you had held your tongue I should have been deceived like the rest; but now you bray I know who you are!”