A Stag fell sick and lay in a clearing in the forest, too weak to move from the spot.
When the news of his illness spread, a number of the other beasts came to inquire after his health,
and they one and all nibbled a little of the grass that grew round the invalid till at last there was not a blade within his reach, In a few days he began to mend, but was still too feeble to get up and go in search of fodder;
and thus he perished miserably of hunger owing to the thoughtlessness of his friends.
