Then the fox met him and said, "Why dost thou hang thy head
so, and go about all alone?" "Alas," replied the horse, "avarice and
fidelity do not dwell together in one house. My master has forgotten what
services I have performed for him for so many years, and because I can
no longer plough well, he will give me no more food, and has driven me
out." "Without giving thee a chance?" asked the fox. "The chance was a
bad one. He said, if I were still strong enough to bring him a lion, he
would keep me, but he well knows that I cannot do that." The fox said,
"I will help thee, just lay thyself down, stretch thyself out, as if
thou wert dead, and do not stir." The horse did as the fox desired,
and the fox went to the lion, who had his den not far off, and said,
"A dead horse is lying outside there, just come with me, thou canst have
a rich meal." The lion went with him, and when they were both standing
by the horse the fox said, "After all, it is not very comfortable for
thee here I tell thee what I will fasten it to thee by the tail, and
then thou canst drag it into thy cave, and devour it in peace.
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