There was a Question started betwixt a Fox and a Cat; which of the Two could make the best Shift in the World if they were put to a Pinch. For my own Part (says Reynard) when the worst comes to the worst, I have a whole Budget of Tricks to come off with at last. At that very Instant, up comes a Pack of Dogs full cry towards them. The Cat presently takes a Tree, and sees the poor Fox torn to Pieces upon the very Spot. Well, says Puss to her self, One sure Trick, I find, is better than a Hundred slippery ones.
Nature has provided better for us, than we could have done for our selves.Source:
L'Estrange 374.
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SLIDESHOW of all the colored Steinhowel images. The cat is very well camouflaged in the tree, especially in this colorized version.
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