A Gentleman, having prepared a great feast, invited a Friend to supper; and the Gentleman’s Dog, meeting the Friend’s Dog, “Come,” said he, “my good fellow, and sup with us to-night.” The Dog was delighted with the invitation, and as he stood by and saw the preparations for the feast, said to himself: “Capital fare indeed! this is, in truth, good luck. I shall revel in dainties, and I will take good care to lay in an ample stock to-night, for I may have nothing to eat to-morrow.” As he said this to himself, he wagged his tail, and gave a sly look at his friend who had incited him. But his tail wagging to and fro caught the cook’s eye, who, seeing a stranger, straightway seized him by the legs, and threw him out the window to the street below. When he reached the ground, he set off yelping down the street; upon which the neighbors’ dogs ran up to him and asked him how he liked his supper. “In faith,” said he, with a sorry smile, “I hardly know, for we drank so deeply, that I can’t even tell you which way I got out.”
Those who enter by the back stairs must not complain if they are thrown out by the window.
Aesop
