A Monkey once danced in an assembly of the Beasts, and so pleased them
all by his performance that they elected him their King. A Fox, envying him
the honor, discovered a piece of meat lying in a trap, and leading the
Monkey to the place where it was, said that she had found a store, but had
not used it e had kept it for him as treasure trove of his kingdom, and
counseled him to lay hold of it. The Monkey approached carelessly and was
caught in the trap; and on his accusing the Fox of purposely leading him
into the snare, she replied, “O Monkey, and are you, with such a mind as
yours, going to be King over the Beasts?”
