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77.The Crow and the Sheep
A TROUBLESOME CROW seated herself on the back of a sheep. The sheep, much against his will, carried her backward and forward for a long time, and at last said,
“If you had treated a dog in this way, you would have had your deserts from his sharp teeth.”
The crow replied,
“I despise the weak and yield to the strong. I know whom I may bully and whom I must flatter; and I thus prolong my life to a good old age.”
❖ An abused and despised sheep cannot expose a crow’s first concerns unless the crow reveals them herself.