A doe pursued by hunters came to the mouth of a cave where a lion was. She went in to hide there; but she was caught by the lion, and, as he was killing her, she cried out, "Wretch that I am! In fleeing from men, I have thrown myself into the paws of a wild beast."
Fear of a lesser danger may drive us into a greater one.Moral
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