Fri ends ▁in ▁mis fort une ” ▁( Am ici ▁in ▁temp ore ▁ad verso ). ▁▁ ▁Jean ▁de ▁la ▁Font aine ▁invent ed ▁his ▁own ▁f anc iful ▁details ▁to ▁bulk ▁out ▁his ▁ret elling ▁of ▁the ▁f able ▁in ▁ 1 6 6 8 . ▁There ▁the ▁f rog ▁fe ign s ▁friendship ▁and ▁inv ites ▁a ▁fat ▁rat ▁to ▁a ▁ban quet , ▁int ending ▁to ▁d rown ▁and ▁eat ▁it ▁while ▁sw imming ▁across ▁the ▁mar sh . ▁Then ▁a ▁k ite ▁that ▁has ▁seen ▁them ▁struggling ▁in ▁the ▁water ▁car ries ▁both ▁away ▁for ▁a ▁fe ast ▁of ▁its ▁own . ▁As ▁in ▁the ▁case ▁of ▁the ▁em blem s , ▁the ▁moral ▁is ▁that ▁the ▁trick ster ▁often ▁falls ▁into ▁the ▁trap ▁of ▁his ▁making . ▁ ▁A ▁very ▁similar ▁illustr ation ▁to ▁those ▁in ▁the ▁em blem ▁books ▁accompanied ▁a ▁story ▁much ▁like ▁La ▁Font aine ' s ▁in ▁the ▁Ph ry x ▁A es opus ▁( 1 5 6 4 ) ▁of ▁the ▁Ne o - Lat in ▁poet ▁Hier onym us ▁O si us . ▁The ▁story ▁was ▁followed ▁by ▁a ▁second , ▁however , ▁in ▁which ▁the ▁two ▁cre atures ▁figure ▁as ▁enemies ▁disput ing ▁r ul ership ▁of ▁the ▁mar sh ▁in ▁which ▁they ▁live ▁and ▁are ▁carried ▁off ▁by ▁the ▁k ite ▁as ▁they ▁fight . ▁This ▁was ▁the ▁principal ▁variant ▁of ▁the ▁f able ▁to ▁emer ge ▁during ▁the ▁Renaissance ▁in ▁an ▁attempt ▁to ▁explain ▁the ▁f rog ' s