[Illustration: THE FOX AND THE GOAT.]
A Fox, having tumbled by chance into a Well, had been casting about a
long while, to no purpose, how he should get out again; when at last a
Goat came to the place, and, wanting to drink, asked Reynard whether the
water was good. 'Good!' says he; 'ay, so sweet, that I am afraid I have
surfeited myself, I have drank so abundantly.' The Goat upon this,
without any more ado, leaped in; and the Fox, taking the advantage of
his horns, by the assistance of them as nimbly leaped out, leaving the
poor Goat at the bottom of the Well to shift for himself.