The Fox and the Mask By Aesop’s Fables

A Fox had by some means got into the store-room of a theatre. Suddenly he observed a face glaring down on him and began to be very frightened; but looking more closely he found it was only a Mask such as actors use to put over their face.

‘Ah,’ said the Fox, ‘you look very fine; it is a pity you have not got any brains.’ Outside show is a poor substitute for inner worth.