The Lion in a Farmyard

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The Lion in a Farmyard
        A LION entered a farmyard.  The Farmer, wishing to catch him,
        shut the gate.  When the Lion found that he could not escape, he
        flew upon the sheep and killed them, and then attacked the oxen.
        The Farmer, beginning to be alarmed for his own safety, opened
        the gate and released the Lion.  On his departure the Farmer
        grievously lamented the destruction of his sheep and oxen, but
        his wife, who had been a spectator to all that took place, said,
        "On my word, you are rightly served, for how could you for a
        moment think of shutting up a Lion along with you in your
        farmyard when you know that you shake in your shoes if you only
        hear his roar at a distance?'