Æsop's Fables (V. S. Vernon-Jones)/The Fox and the Snake
THE FOX AND THE SNAKE
A SNAKE, in crossing a river, was carried away by the current, but managed to wriggle on to a bundle of thorns which was floating by, and was thus carried at a great rate down-stream. A Fox caught sight of it from the bank as it went whirling along, and called out, “Gad! the passenger fits the ship!”