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An Eagle built her nest at the top of a high tree; a Cat with her

family occupied a hollow in the trunk half-way down; and a Wild

Sow and her young took up their quarters at the foot. They might

have got on very well as neighbours had it not been for the evil

cunning of the Cat. Climbing up to the Eagle's nest she said to

the Eagle, "You and I are in the greatest possible danger. That

dreadful creature, the Sow, who is always to be seen grubbing

away at the foot of the tree, means to uproot it, that she may

devour your family and mine at her ease." Having thus driven the

Eagle almost out of her senses with terror, the Cat climbed down

the tree, and said to the Sow, "I must warn you against that

dreadful bird, the Eagle. She is only waiting her chance to fly

down and carry off one of your little pigs when you take them

out, to feed her brood with." She succeeded in frightening the

Sow as much as the Eagle.