498829 The Cat, the Weasel and the Little Rabbit, illustration for \'Fables\' of La Fontaine (1621-95), published by H. Fournier Aine, 1838 (engraving) by Grandville (Jean Ignace Isidore Gerard) (1803-47); Private Collection; (add.info.: Le Chat, la Belette et le Petit Lapin; fable relating how a rabbit returns to his burrow to find that a squatter weasel has occupied his home; the weasel refuses to budge but suggests that they ask the cat to be the judge of the case; the cat judge solves the problem by grasping both plaintiff and defendant with his strong claws and devours them both; the moral of the story is that rulers of small states may be swallowed if they seek arbitration from greater rulers;); French, out of copyright.