Æsop's Fables (V. S. Vernon-Jones)/The Tunny-Fish and the Dolphin
THE TUNNY-FISH AND THE DOLPHIN
A TUNNY-FISH was chased by a Dolphin and splashed through the water at a great rate, but the Dolphin gradually gained upon him, and was just about to seize him when the force of his flight carried the Tunny on to a sandbank. In the heat of the chase the Dolphin followed him, and there they both lay out of the water, gasping for dear life. When the Tunny saw that his enemy was doomed like himself, he said, “I don’t mind having to die now: for I see that he who is the cause of my death is about to share the same fate.”