A wolf, roaming by the mountain”side,saw his own shadow，as the sun was setting, become greatly extended and magnified, and he said to himself,"Why should I,being of such an immense size,and extending nearly an acre in length, be afraid of the lion? Ought I not to be acknow ledged as King of all thecollected beasts?"While he wasindulging in these pooud thoughts,a lion fell upon him,and killed him.Heexclaimed with a too-late repentance,”Wretched me!this overestimation of myself is the cause of my destruction.”