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- The Eagle, the Cat, and the Wild Sow^15
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- AN EAGLE made her nest at the top of a lofty oak; a Cat, having found
- a convenient hole, moved into the middle of the trunk; and a Wild Sow,
- with her young, took shelter in a hollow at its foot. The Cat
- cunningly resolved to destroy this chance-made colony. To carry out
- her design, she climbed to the nest of the Eagle, and said,
- "Destruction is preparing for you, and for me too, unfortunately. The
- Wild Sow, whom you see daily digging up the earth, wishes to uproot
- the oak, so she may on its fall seize our families as food for her
- young." Having thus frightened the Eagle out of her senses, she crept
- down to the cave of the Sow, and said, "Your children are in great
- danger; for as soon as you go out with your litter to find food, the
- Eagle is prepared to pounce upon one of your little pigs." Having
- instilled these fears into the Sow, she went and pretended to hide
- herself in the hollow of the tree. When night came she went forth
- with silent foot and obtained food for herself and her kittens, but
- feigning to be afraid, she kept a lookout all through the day.
- Meanwhile, the Eagle, full of fear of the Sow, sat still on the
- branches, and the Sow, terrified by the Eagle, did not dare to go out
- from her cave. And thus they both, along with their families,
- perished from hunger, and afforded ample provision for the Cat and her
- kittens.
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