A lion asked a sheep, “How is my breath?”

“Your breath is terrible.”

“Where is your respect for the king of all animals?” and the lion devoured the sheep.

When the lion then asked the wolf, he saw what happened and said “My master, your breath smells lovely.”

“How dare you lie to me” and the lion devoured the wolf.

He then asked the fox to smell his breath, to which the fox replied “My master, my nose is stuffed. I can’t smell anything.” In this manner, the fox was saved.

The Imrei Noam says, when a machlokes is raging, try to stay away as getting involved in any way will only bring you trouble.