blood was coming from the iron, and lost his whole tongue.
the lion and the mouse
A Lion was sleeping. A Mouse ran over his body. He awoke and caught her. The Mouse besought him; she said:
"Let me go, and I will do you a favour!"
The Lion laughed at the Mouse for promising him a favour, and let her go.
Then the hunters caught the Lion and tied him with a rope to a tree. The Mouse heard the Lion's roar, ran up, gnawed the rope through, and said:
"Do you remember? You laughed, not thinking that I could repay, but now you see that a favour may come also from a Mouse."
the liar
A Boy was watching the sheep and, pretending that he saw a wolf, he began to cry:
"Help! A wolf! A wolf!"
The peasants came running up and saw that it was not so. After doing this for a second and a third time, it happened that a wolf came indeed. The Boy began to cry:
"Come, come, quickly, a wolf!"
The peasants thought that he was deceiving them as usual, and paid no attention to him. The wolf saw there was no reason to be afraid: he leisurely killed the whole flock.
the ass and the horse
A man had an Ass and a Horse. They were walking on the road; the Ass said to the Horse:
"It is heavy for me,—I shall not be able to carry it all; take at least a part of my load."
