The Ass, the Cock, and the Lion

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The Ass, the Cock, and the Lion
        AN ASS and a Cock were in a straw-yard together when a Lion,
        desperate from hunger, approached the spot.
        He was about to
        spring upon the Ass, when the Cock (to the sound of whose voice
        the Lion, it is said, has a singular aversion) crowed loudly, and
        the Lion fled away as fast as he could.
        The Ass, observing his
        trepidation at the mere crowing of a Cock summoned courage to
        attack him, and galloped after him for that purpose.
        He had run
        no long distance, when the Lion, turning about, seized him and
        tore him to pieces.
       
        False confidence often leads into danger.