It happened once that a certain pig saw a sparrow perched on an upper branch.
"Sparrow, drop to the ground," said the pig. "You need not be afraid. Have you not heard that the scriptures teach that animals are to live in a state of grace and be at peace with each other? We must all be as brothers and none will eat another."
Suddenly there was a sound of furious barking.
"What is that," quavered the pig, frightened. "You are high in the tree; look around and tell me what you see."
"I see a pack of hounds racing to this spot," said the sparrow. "They look furious and starving."
The pig at once took to his heels, squealing in terror.
"Why are you running away," cried the bird. "You just said that grace has come and that no animal will now eat another."
"Dogs don't believe in grace," called the pig, as he disappeared into the underbrush.
"Neither do pigs!" called the sparrow.
-----------------A Final Thought ...
"An open foe may prove a curse, But a pretended friend is worse."
- John Gay (1685–1732), English dramatist. Fable: “The Shepherd’s Dog and the Wolf” (1727)