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Aesop's Fables, translated by Laura Gibbs (2002)

228. THE DOG AND THE LION
Perry 132 (Chambry 187 *)

A dog was chasing a lion with all his might when the lion turned around and roared at him. The dog abandoned his pursuit, turned tail, and ran. A fox happened to see the dog and said, 'Why on earth would you chase after something when you cannot even stand the sound of its voice?'
It is a foolish man who wants to rival his superiors. He is doomed to fail, and becomes a laughing-stock as well.


Source: Aesop's Fables. A new translation by Laura Gibbs. Oxford University Press (World's Classics): Oxford, 2002.
NOTE: New cover, with new ISBN, published in 2008; contents of book unchanged.