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A Stag, from his by the hounds, took in a farmyard, and, entering a stable where a number of oxen were , himself under a pile of hay in a stall, where he lay , all but the tips of his horns. one of the Oxen said to him, "What has you to come in here? Aren't you aware of the you are running of being by the herdsmen?" To which he replied, " let me stay for . When night comes I shall easily under ." In the course of the afternoon more than one of the came in, to attend to the wants of the cattle, but not one of them the Stag, who began to congratulate himself on his escape and to express his to the Oxen. "We wish you well," said the one who had spoken before, "but you are not out of danger yet. If the master comes, you will be found out, for nothing ever escapes his ." Presently, sure enough, in he came, and made about the way the Oxen were kept. "The are ," he cried; "here, give them more hay, and put plenty of under them." As he spoke, he an armful himself from the pile where the Stag , and at once him. Calling his men, he had him at once and killed for .
Moral: What is safety for one is not always safety for another.