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Once, in the heat of the day, a lion was resting in a cave. A mouse ran through his mane, and the lion, startled, sprang up and glared fiercely about him. When a fox laughed at him, he said, “I was not afraid of the mouse; I am putting a stop to a bad practice before it becomes a habit.” The lesson is that a bad habit must not be given free rein, for once it takes hold, it brings the greatest misery.