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Zeus, admiring the fox’s intelligence and cunning, entrusted her with sovereignty over the beasts. Wishing to discover whether her change of fortune had also changed her character, he let a beetle loose before her eyes as she was being carried in a litter. Unable to restrain herself as it flew about, she leaped unceremoniously from the litter and tried to catch it. Indignant at her behavior, Zeus restored her to her former station.

The fable shows that base people, even when they assume grander outward trappings, do not change their nature.