An Ant, going to a river to drink, fell in, and was carried along in the stream. A Dove noticed her condition, and threw into the river a small twig which the Ant used to get the shore.
The Ant afterward, seeing a man with a cross bow aiming at the Dove, stung the hunter sharply on his foot, and this made the hunter lose his aim and miss the dove, and so saved the Dove's life.
Moral: Little friends may prove to be your greatest friend.