{"collection":"Classics","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/browse/cla/aesop/aes043.htm","path":"cla/aesop/aes043.htm","source_url":"https://sacred-texts.com/cla/aesop/aes043.htm","text":"A CONTROVERSY prevailed among the beasts of the field as to which of the animals deserved the most credit for producing the greatest number of whelps at a birth. They rushed clamorously into the presence of the Lioness and demanded of her the settlement of the dispute. \"And you,\" they said, \"how many sons have you at a birth?' The Lioness laughed at them, and said: \"Why! I have only one; but that one is altogether a thoroughbred Lion.\"\nThe value is in the worth, not in the number.","title":"The Lioness","type":"page"}