"Much bigger."
"That is a lie; there is no animal bigger than I am."
"Well, wait," said the little ones, "and you will see." The camel came back
while browsing the grass of the roadside. The wren stretched himself out
near the nest. The camel seized the bird, which passed through its teeth
safe and sound.
"Truly," he said to them, "the camel is a gigantic animal, but I am not
ashamed of myself."
On the earth it generally happens that the vain are as if they did not
exist. But sooner or later a rock falls and crushes them.
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