With what undaunted firmness he suffers himself to be taken to her arms-no, not to her arms, but her tail-and how patiently he suffers his cheeks that have felt the breath of sweet lips to be Slabbered by a nasty snake!
"Traditions of the North American Indians, Vol. 3 (of 3)"
James Athearn Jones
This himself could lap up with a great deal of ease; but the Stork, who could but just dip in the point of his bill, was not a bit the better all the while: however, in a few days after, he returned the compliment, and invited the Fox; but suffered nothing to be brought to table but some minced meat in a glass jar, the neck of which was so deep, and so narrow, that, though the Stork with his long bill made a shift to fill his belly, all that the Fox, who was very hungry, could do, was to lick the brim, as the Stork Slabbered them with his eating.
"Æsop's Fables Embellished with One Hundred and Eleven Emblematical Devices."
Æsop