When the animals met to choose a king, a camel and an elephant came forward as rivals, each hoping to be preferred above all the others for his great size and strength. But a monkey declared that neither was fit to rule: the camel because he had no gall to stir him against wrongdoers, and the elephant because there was a danger that a piglet, which he feared, might attack them.
The fable shows that even the greatest undertakings are often thwarted by a small obstacle.
Τῶν ἀλόγων ζώων βουλευομένων βασιλέα ἑλέσθαι, κάμηλος καὶ ἐλέφας καταστάντες ἐφιλονείκουν, καὶ διὰ τὸ μέγεθος τοῦ σώματος καὶ διὰ τὴν ἰσχὺν ἐλπίζοντες πάντων προκρίνεσθαι. Πίθηκος δὲ ἀμφοτέρους ἀνεπιτηδείους εἶναι ἔφη, τὴν μὲν κάμηλον, διότι χολὴν οὐκ ἔχει κατὰ τῶν ἀδικούντων, τὸν δὲ ἐλέφαντα, ὅτι δέος ἐστὶ, μὴ χοιρίδιον, ὅ δέδοικεν, ἡμῖν ἐπιτιθῆται.
Ὁ λόγος δηλοῖ, ὅτι πολλοὶ καὶ τῶν μεγίστων πραγμάτων διὰ μικρὰν αἰτίαν κωλύονται.
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