Some hungry Dogs saw a number of hides at the bottom of a stream
where the Tanner had put them to soak. A fine hide makes an
excellent meal for a hungry Dog, but the water was deep and the
Dogs could not reach the hides from the bank. So they held a
council and decided that the very best thing to do was to drink
up the river.
All fell to lapping up the water as fast as they could. But
though they drank and drank until, one after another, all of them
had burst with drinking, still, for all their effort, the water
in the river remained as high as ever.
_Do not try to do impossible things._