AT ONE TIME a very large and strong Wolf was born among the

　　wolves, who exceeded all his fellow-wolves in strength, size, and

　　swiftness, so that they unanimously decided1 to call him "Lion."

　　The Wolf, with a lack of sense proportioned to his enormous size,

　　thought that they gave him this name in earnest, and, leaving his

　　own race, consorted2 exclusively with the lions. An old sly Fox,

　　seeing this, said, "May I never make myself so ridiculous as you

　　do in your pride and self-conceit; for even though you have the

　　size of a lion among wolves, in a herd3 of lions you are

　　definitely a wolf."