The Weasel And The Mice
Aesop Fable: The Weasel And The Mice
A weasel, inactive from age and infirmities, was not able
to catch mice as he once did. He therefore rolled himself in
flour and lay down in a dark corner.
A Mouse, supposing
him to be food, leaped upon him, and was instantly caught
and squeezed to death. Another perished in a similar manner,
and then a third, and still others after them.
A very
old Mouse, who had escaped many a trap and snare, observed
from a safe distance the trick of his crafty foe and
said, "Ah! you that lie there, may you prosper just in the
same proportion as you are what you pretend to be!"
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