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A fox fell into a well and was forced to stay there, unable to find a way out. A goat, tormented by thirst, came to the same well and, seeing her, asked whether the water was good. The fox, welcoming this stroke of luck in her misfortune, praised the water lavishly, saying how excellent it was and urging him to come down. Without a thought beyond his thirst, the goat climbed in. Once he had quenched his thirst, he began discussing with the fox how they might get out. The fox said she had thought of a plan that would save them both. “If you will brace your forelegs against the wall and lower your horns, I can run up your back and then pull you out as well.” The goat readily followed this second piece of advice too. The fox leaped up his legs onto his back, then climbed from his back onto his horns, reached the mouth of the well, and made off. When the goat reproached her for breaking their agreement, she turned and said, “My good fellow, if you had as much sense in your head as you have hairs in your beard, you would never have gone down before considering how to get back up.” So too, sensible people should first consider how an undertaking will end, and only then embark upon it.