Three Hundred Æsop's Fables/The Ass in the Lion's Skin

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London: George Routledge and Sons, page 159


THE ASS IN THE LION'S SKIN.

An Ass, having put on the Lion's skin, roamed about in the forest, and amused himself by frightening all the foolish animals he met with in his wanderings. At last meeting a Fox, he tried to frighten him also, but the Fox no sooner heard the sound of his voice, than he exclaimed, "I might possibly have been frightened myself, if I had not heard your bray."