A Bull gave chase to a Mouse which
had bitten him in the nose: but the Mouse was
too quick for him and slipped into a hole in a wall.
The Bull charged furiously into the wall again and
again until he was tired out, and sank down on the
ground exhausted with his efforts. When all was
quiet, the Mouse darted out and bit him again.
Beside himself with rage he started to his feet, but
by that time the Mouse was back in his hole again,
and he could do nothing but bellow and fume in helpless
anger. Presently he heard a shrill little voice
say from inside the wall, “You big fellows don’t
always have it your own way, you see: sometimes
we little ones come off best.”
The battle is not always to
the strong.