經律異相 47.117

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有野狐往從師子乞食。每得殘餘往遂不息。正值師子飢未得食。便呼野狐鼻嗅便取吞之。未死咽中呼言。大家活我。師子心念。養汝肥毳當持備之耳。汝復何云（出十卷譬喻經）。

There was a wild fox that went to beg for food from a lion. Always obtaining leftovers, it never ceased going. It happened that the lion was hungry and had obtained no food; it then summoned the wild fox, sniffed it with its nose, seized it, and swallowed it. Before it died, from within the lion's gullet it cried out, "Master, spare my life!" The lion thought to itself, 'I nourished you to make you fat and tender precisely to keep you ready for this! What more can you say?' (Extracted from the Shijuan piyu jing).