The Mischievous Dog

Its master therefore ties a bell around its neck to warn people.

Victorian editors of the fables supplied the moral that 'notoriety is often mistaken for fame'.

[2] The Russian fabulist Ivan Krylov's story of "The Ass" is said to take its beginning from this fable.

The ass is at first proud of what it takes to be a decoration but then finds that when it grazes in people's fields or gardens the bell identifies its presence and it is driven off.

Krylov gives his story the moral that rank proves injurious to rogues by calling attention to them.