The doe
& the lion

THE DOE & THE LION

“A Doe, being hard pressed by the Hounds, found a cave into which she rushed for safety. An immense Lion, couched at the farther end of the cave, sprang upon her in an instant. ‘Unhappy creature that I am!’ exclaimed the Doe, in her dying moments. ‘I entered this cave to escape the pursuit of Men and Dogs, and I have fallen into the jaws of the most terrible of wild beasts.’” (386)

In avoiding one evil, plunge not into worse.

From AESOP’S ILLUSTRATED FABLES.
Original illustrations by Walter Crane, Ernest Griset, and Arthur Rackham.