| The Ass The Cock And The LionAn Ass and a Cock were in a straw-yard together when a Lion, desperate
 from hunger, approached the spot. He was about to spring upon the
 Ass, when the Cock (to the sound of whose voice the Lion, it is said,
 has a singular aversion) crowed loudly, and the Lion fled away as
 fast as he could. The Ass, observing his trepidation at the mere crowing
 of a Cock summoned courage to attack him, and galloped after him for
 that purpose. He had run no long distance, when the Lion, turning
 about, seized him and tore him to pieces.
 False confidence often leads into danger. 
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