Berachos 61b § 3
The Fox by the River
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| Fox: | (to the fish) From what are you fleeing? |
| Fish: | We are fleeing from the nets that people cast upon us. |
| Fox: | Do you wish to come up onto dry land, and we will reside
together just as my ancestors resided with your ancestors? |
| Fish: | You are the one of whom they say, he is the cleverest of animals?
You are not clever; you are a fool. If we are afraid in the water, our natural habitat which gives us life, then in a habitat that causes our death, all the more so. |