Krilof and His Fables/The Rat and the Mouse
The Rat and the Mouse.
"Neighbour! have you heard the good news?" cried a Mouse, as it came running in to a Rat. "Why, they say the cat has fallen into the clutches of the lion! So you see even we shall have a quiet breathing-time at last."
"Don't go making yourself so happy, my dear!" replied the Rat. "Indulge in no such futile hopes! If those two really do begin clawing each other, believe me, it won't be the lion which will be left alive. Than the cat there is no beast stronger."
Many a time have I seen what you may see for yourselves. When cowards fear any one, they think every one else sees in him what they do.
