{"collection":"Classics","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/browse/cla/aesop/aes301.htm","path":"cla/aesop/aes301.htm","source_url":"https://sacred-texts.com/cla/aesop/aes301.htm","text":"A LION, entering the workshop of a smith, sought from the tools the means of satisfying his hunger. He more particularly addressed himself to a File, and asked of him the favor of a meal. The File replied, \"You must indeed be a simple-minded fellow if you expect to get anything from me, who am accustomed to take from everyone, and never to give anything in return.\"","title":"The Viper and the File","type":"page"}