"O papa, much bigger."
Finally he stretched out fully his feet and legs.
"As big as this then?"
"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.