Fable 192 - The Hare and the Fox

The hare, wishing to ingratiate himself with the fox to avoid trouble, said:
‘I know you are called wily. But I have heard it is really because you know how to while away the hours better than anybody else. Is that so?’
‘If you have any doubts,’ replied the fox, ‘come to my place and I will entertain you to dinner and show you how I pass an evening.’
The hare followed him home. Once inside, the fox had nothing for dinner but the hare. As it realized its fate, the hare bewailed:
‘Oh, to learn by such misfortune! For I see that your name truly comes from your wiles.’

Great misfortunes often happen to the curious who abandon themselves to a clumsy indiscretion.