A man traveling across a field encountered a tiger. He fled, the tiger after
him. Coming to a precipice, he caught hold of the root of a wild vine and
swung himself down over the edge. The tiger sniffed at him from above.
Trembling, the man looked down to where, far below, another tiger was
waiting to eat him. Only the vine sustained him.

Two mice, one white and one black, little by little, started to gnaw away
at the vine. The man saw a luscious strawberry near him. Grasping the
vine with one hand, he plucked the strawberry with the other.

How sweet it tasted!