... the barnyard. "The winner flapped up to a high spot and crowed and crowed to let everyone know about his victory. [ ] While the beaten Cock cringed in shame in the hole he had selected for himself, the victorious Cock continued to crow to call attention to his victory. He made so much noise that an Eagle heard him, swooped down and carried him ... off for dinner. The beaten Cock then crawled out of hiding and ran the barnyard to suit himself."" (Aesop, 130). In Aesop's cautionary tale the same lesson is being taught about the pitfalls of being too ... ...

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