Three Hundred Æsop's Fables/The Fox and the Bramble

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London: George Routledge and Sons, page 175

THE FOX AND THE BRAMBLE.

A Fox, mounting a hedge, when he was about to fall caught hold of a Bramble. Having pricked and grievously torn the soles of his feet, he accused the Bramble, because, when he had fled to her for assistance, she had used him worse than the hedge itself. The Bramble, interrupting him, said, "But you really must have been out of your senses to fasten yourself on me, who am myself always accustomed to fasten upon others."