Read this excerpt from "A Fable.”"The cat lied. There was nothing in that hole but a donkey. There wasn't a sign of a flat thing visible. It was a handsome donkey, and friendly, but just a donkey, and nothing more.”The elephant asked:"Did you see it good and clear? Were you close to it?”"I saw it good and clear, O Hathi, King of Beasts. I was so close that I touched noses with it.”"This is very strange,” said the elephant; "the cat was always truthful before—as far as we could make out. Let another witness try. Go, Baloo, look in the hole, and come and report.”