38. Vulpes et Luna. Vulpes quaedam de nocte ambulavit secus fluentum viditque umbram lunae in aquis apparere et caseum esse putavit. Coepit igitur aquam lambere, sperans quod, exhausto flumine, fundus arefactus caseum sibi reseraret. Sic igitur non cessavit donec se ipsam lambendo suffocavit.
Image Source:
Karin Jones, artist.
M0038 = Perry669. Source: Romulus Anglicus 48. This is Perry 669. The fox is fooled again by the moon in the water in #70. For another story about drinking the river, see the story of the dogs and the hide, #349.
