The Lion went once a-hunting along with the Fox and the Wolf. They hunted and they hunted till at last they

surprised a deer, and soon took its life.

Then came the question

how the spoil should be divided. "Quarter me this deer," roared

the Lion; so the other animals skinned it and cut it into four

parts. 

Then the Lion took his stand in front of the carcass and

pronounced judgment: The first quarter is for me in my capacity

as King of Beasts; the second is mine as arbiter; another share

comes to me for my part in the chase; and as for the fourth

quarter, well, as for that, I should like to see which of you will

dare to lay a paw upon it."