Aesop's Fables, Volume 10 (Fables 226-250) — The Stag and the Lion

THE STAG AND THE LION

A Stag was chased by the hounds, and took refuge in a cave, where he hoped to be safe from his pursuers.

Unfortunately the cave contained a Lion, to whom he fell an easy prey.

"Unhappy that I am," he cried, "I am saved from the power of the dogs only to fall into the clutches of a Lion."

Out of the frying-pan into the fire.