Like a sandwich, between

May a moral be seen,

Wrapped up in a pleasant narration.

Once the Lion invited to hunt and to dine,

And to taste a few skins of his favourite wine,

All his friends of the forest—who said they'd be there,

In the sports of the chase and the victuals to share;

Then the cunning fox scampered the country around,

Just to stop up the holes, and survey well the ground;

While the wolves have agreed to act dogs for the day,