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A Bull gave chase to a Mouse which had bitten him in the nose:

but the Mouse was too quick for him and slipped into a hole in a

wall. The Bull charged furiously into the wall again and again

until he was tired out, and sank down on the ground exhausted

with his efforts. When all was quiet, the Mouse darted out and

bit him again. Beside himself with rage he started to his feet,

but by that time the Mouse was back in his hole again, and he

could do nothing but bellow and fume in helpless anger. Presently

he heard a shrill little voice say from inside the wall, "You big

fellows don't always have it your own way, you see: sometimes we

little ones come off best."

The battle is not always to the strong.

THE HARE AND THE HOUND