The Camel and the Arab

　　 A CAT fell in love with a handsome young man, and entreated1 Venus

　　to change her into the form of a woman. Venus consented to her

　　request and transformed her into a beautiful damsel, so that the

　　youth saw her and loved her, and took her home as his bride.

　　While the two were reclining in their chamber2, Venus wishing to

　　discover if the Cat in her change of shape had also altered her

　　habits of life, let down a mouse in the middle of the room. The

　　Cat, quite forgetting her present condition, started up from the

　　couch and pursued the mouse, wishing to eat it. Venus was much

　　disappointed and again caused her to return to her former shape.

　　Nature exceeds nurture3.