Lafontaine Chat Belette Lapin

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(Le Chat, la Belette et le petit Lapin) A rabbit returns to find a weasel has seized his burrow; unable to settle the quarrel, the two agree to submit it to a fat, pious-seeming cat as judge. Bidding them come closer so his old ears may hear, the cat seizes and devours them both. Moral: never trust the powerful to arbitrate your dispute. — Jean de La Fontaine