Lafontaine Animaux Peste

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(Les Animaux malades de la peste) A plague ravages the beasts, and they resolve that the guiltiest must be sacrificed to appease heaven. The lion, fox, and other predators confess great crimes and are excused with flattery; but the ass, who once ate a little grass from a meadow not his own, is condemned and put to death. Moral: the court will paint you white or black according to your power. — Jean de La Fontaine