Aesop's Fables
A
CAT fell in love with a
handsome young man, and entreated
Venus to change her into the form of a
woman. Venus
consented to her request and transformed her into a beautiful
damsel, so that the youth saw her and loved her, and took her home as his
bride. While the two were
reclining in their chamber, Venus wishing to discover if the Cat in her
change of shape had also altered her
habits of life, let down a
mouse in the middle of the room. The Cat, quite forgetting her
present condition, started up from the couch and
pursued the mouse, wishing to eat it. Venus was much disappointed and again caused her to return to her former shape.
Nature exceeds nurture.