By an unlucky chance a Fox fell into a deep well from which he could
not get out. A Goat passed by shortly afterward, and asked the Fox what
he was doing down there. “Oh, have you not heard?” said the Fox; “there
is going to be a great drought, so I jumped down here in order to be
sure to have water by me. Why don’t you come down, too?” The Goat
thought well of this advice, and jumped down into the well. But the Fox
immediately jumped on her back, and by putting his foot on her long
horns managed to jump up to the edge of the well. “Good-by, friend,”
said the Fox;—“remember next time,
“NEVER TRUST THE ADVICE OF A MAN IN DIFFICULTIES.”