Aesop's Fables: the kid and the wolf

A frisky young Kid had been left by the herdsman on the thatched roof of a sheep shelter to keep him out of harm's way. The Kid was browsing near the edge of the roof, when he spied a Wolf and began to jeer at him, making faces and abusing him to his heart's content.

"I hear you," said the Wolf, "and I haven't the least grudge against you for what you say or do. When you are up there it is the roof that's talking, not you."

Lesson: do not say anything at any time that you would not say at all times.

(The Aesop for Children With pictures by Milo Winter, 1919, p.17)