He took the hill way, and when he got to the top of the mountains he fell in with a great plain, and on he went till he came to a place where a lion, a pigeon, and a rat were all three quarrelling over a grain of corn. He was not much afraid of them, and went to see the sight.
"Come hither, lad," said the lion, "and give just judgment between us three. You will be the better for it if you do, but if you give unjust judgment you shall be put to death."
"What think you of my being here?"
"Well," said he, "I have no very sure notion, but I think that you ought rather to be about the banks of rivers."
Then the pigeon said: "And what think you of my being in this place?"
"I'm not sure what to think," said he, "but I have a notion that you ought rather to be amongst boughs and banks and roc
