The Dogs and the Fox
By Aesop
SOME DOGS, finding the skin of a lion, began to tear it in pieces with their teeth. A Fox, seeing them, said: If this lion were alive, you would soon find out that his claws were stronger than your teeth.
Moral:
It is easy to kick a man that is down.
Source Book
Aesop's Fables
by Aesop
Translated by unknown
Illustrated by: Harrison Weir, John Tenniel, Ernest Griset, et.al.
Copyright 1881
Published by WM. L. Allison, New York