A BULL was bitten by a Mouse and, angered by the wound, tried to

　　capture him. But the Mouse reached his hole in safety. Though

　　the Bull dug into the walls with his horns, he tired before he

　　could rout1 out the Mouse, and crouching2 down, went to sleep

　　outside the hole. The Mouse peeped out, crept furtively3 up his

　　flank, and again biting him, retreated to his hole. The Bull

　　rising up, and not knowing what to do, was sadly perplexed4. At

　　which the Mouse said, "The great do not always prevail. There

　　are times when the small and lowly are the strongest to do

　　mischief."