Æsop's Fables (V. S. Vernon-Jones)/The Stag and the Lion
THE STAG AND THE LION
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.