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A Fly settled on the head of a Bald Man and bit him. In his

eagerness to kill it, he hit himself a smart slap. But the Fly

escaped, and said to him in derision, "You tried to kill me for

just one little bite; what will you do to yourself now, for the

heavy smack you have just given yourself?" "Oh, for that blow I

bear no grudge," he replied, "for I never intended myself any

harm; but as for you, you contemptible insect, who live by

sucking human blood, I'd have borne a good deal more than that

for the satisfaction of dashing the life out of you!"

THE ASS AND THE WOLF