498843 The Dove and the Ant and the Lion and the Rat, illustration for \'Fables\' of La Fontaine, published by H. Fournier Aine, 1838 (engraving) by Grandville (Jean Ignace Isidore Gerard) (1803-47); Private Collection; (add.info.: Fables from Aesop and recounted in La Fontaine\'s Fables, first published in 1668; Jean de la Fontaine (1621-95) French author, poet and moralist; la Colombe et la Fourmi, le Lion et le Rat; the moral of both these fables is that a good deed can have unexpectedly good consequences or rewards;); French, out of copyright.