Lafontaine Grenouille Rat

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(La Grenouille et le Rat) A treacherous frog offers to host a rat across the marsh and ties the rat's foot to her own, meaning to drag him under and drown him. As they struggle, a kite swoops and seizes the pair, dining on both. Moral: he who plots a pit for another often falls in beside him. — Jean de La Fontaine