"That is a lie; there is no animal bigger than I am."
"Well, wait," said the little ones, "and you will see." The camel came back while browsing the grass of the roadside. The wren stretched himself out near the nest. The camel seized the bird, which passed through its teeth safe and sound.
"Truly," he said to them, "the camel is a gigantic animal, but I am not ashamed of myself."
On the earth it generally happens that the vain are as if they did not exist. But sooner or later a rock falls and crushes them.
THE MULE, THE JACKAL, AND THE LION
The mule, the jackal, and the lion went in company. "We will eat the one whose race is bad," they said to each other.
"Lion, who is your father?"
"My father is a lion and my mother is a lioness."
"And you, jackal, what is your father?"