Three Hundred Æsop's Fables/The Dogs and the Fox

by attr. Æsop

 

THE DOGS AND THE FOX.

Some Dogs, finding the skin of a lion, began to tear it in pieces with their teeth. A Fox, seeing them, said, "If this lion were alive, you would soon find out that his claws were stronger than your teeth."

It is easy to kick a man that is down.