If they said: “It is a Camel”

An old man saw a fox that was running way very fast. He asked her:

- What is with you? Are you in danger?

The fox, after taking a deep breath, replied:

- Yes, I am in a great danger. I have heard that the camels are being gathered to be loaded.

The old man, astonishingly, said:

- O fox! – Does it seem to you that you are a camel that you are being afraid?

The fox shook her head, saw the man, and said:

-  Don’t say like that! We don’t know. There might come out a slanderer, who points to me and say: “Here is a camel!” Poor me! Because until it will be verified that I am not a camel, they will have stripped my skin. Haven’t you heard the words of the wise man saying:

“Go away from the marks of the slander, that even if you are no caught buy the slander, its spills will leave marks on you.”