A man and a lion traveled together through the forest. They soonbegan to boast of their respective superiority to each other instrength and prowess. As they were disputing, they passed astatue carved in stone, which represented "A lion strangled by aman." The traveler pointed1 to it and said: "See there! how strongwe are, and how we prevail over even the king of beasts." Thelion replied: "This statue was made by one of you men. if welions knew how to erect2 statues, you would see the man placedunder the paw of the lion." 
One story is good, till another is told. 