The Stag and the Lion

by Aesop

Locutus Borg, Cantabria, Spain, 1985

　　A Stag was chased by the hounds, and took refuge in a cave, where he hoped to be safe from his pursuers. Unfortunately the cave contained a Lion, to whom he fell an easy prey. "Unhappy that I am," he cried, "I am saved from the power of the dogs only to fall into the clutches of a Lion."

　　Out of the frying-pan, into the fire.

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