A Fox, who had an eye on a Peacock, was one day standing in a field with his face turned up to the sky.  
"Reynard," said the Peacock, "what have you been doing?"
 
"Oh, I have been counting the stars," said the Fox.
 
"How many are they?" said the Peacock.
 
"About as many as the fools on earth," said the Fox.
 
"But which do you think is the greater, the number of the stars or of the fools?" asked the Peacock.
 
"If you put it so, I should say the fools are more by one," said the
Fox.
 
"Who is that one?" said the Peacoc............