Fidelity, or loyalty. The cranes are so faithful and loyal to their king that at night, when he sleeps, some go about the meadow to keep watch from afar; others stay close by and each holds a stone in its foot, so that if sleep should overcome it, the stone would fall and make such a noise that they would wake again; and there are others that sleep together around the king; and they do this every night, taking turns, so that their king should not come to be wanting.

Falsehood. The fox, when it sees a flock of magpies or jackdaws or similar birds, at once throws itself to the ground, with its mouth open, so that it seems dead; and these birds want to peck at its tongue, and it seizes their head.