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A cat caught a rooster and wanted a plausible excuse for eating him. So he accused the rooster of being a nuisance to people, crowing at night and keeping them from sleeping. The rooster defended himself, saying that he did this for their benefit, so that they would rise to go about their daily work. The cat then brought another charge against him: he offended against nature by mating with his mother and sisters. When the rooster replied that he did this too for his owners’ benefit, since it provided them with plenty of eggs, the cat said, “Well, you may have plenty of fine excuses, but I have no intention of going hungry,” and devoured him.

The fable shows that a wicked nature bent on wrongdoing, if it cannot find a plausible pretext, will do evil openly all the same.