August 11, 2021 • 16 mins
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The peacock and the magpie. Thebirds once met together to choose a king,
and among others. The peacock wasa candidate. Spreading his showy tale
and stalking up and down with affectedgrandeur. He caught the eyes of the
silly multitude by his brilliant appearance,and was elected with acclamation. The magpie
(00:23):
then stepped forth into the midst ofthe assembly, and thus addressed the new
king. May it please your majestyelect to permit a humbler admirer to propose
a question. As our king,we put our lives and fortunes in your
hands. If therefore the eagle,the vulture, and the kite should make
(00:46):
a descent upon us, what meanswould you take for our defense? This
pithy question opened the eyes of thebirds to the weakness of their choice,
and they canceled the election. Thetwo Goats. Two goats started at the
same moment from opposite ends to crossa rude bridge that was only wide enough
(01:08):
for one to cross at a time. Meeting in the middle of the bridge,
neither would give way to the other. They locked horns and fought for
the right of way until they bothfell into the torrent below, and were
drowned. The dove and the ant. An ant went to the bank of
(01:30):
a river to quench its thirst,and, being carried away by the rush
of the stream, was on thepoint of being drowned. A dove sitting
on a tree overhanging the water,plucked the leaf and let it fall into
the stream close to her. Theant, climbing on it, floated in
safety to the bank. Shortly afterwards, a bird catcher came close and stood
(01:53):
under the tree and laid his limetwigs for the dove, which sat in
the branches. The air, perceivinghis design, stung him in the foot.
He suddenly threw down the twigs,and thereupon made the dove take wing.
The grateful heart will always find opportunitiesto show its gratitude. The eagle
(02:16):
and the beetle. The eagle andthe beetle were at enmity together, and
they destroyed one another's nests. Theeagle gave the first provocation is seizing upon
and in eating the young ones ofthe beetle. The beetle got by stealth
at the eagle's eggs and rolled themout of the nest and follow the eagle
(02:38):
even into the presence of Jupiter onthe eagle making his complaint, Jupiter ordered
him to make his nest in hislap. And while Jupiter had the eggs
in his lap, the beetle cameflying about him, and Jupiter, rising
up unawares to drive him away fromhis head, threw down the eggs and
(03:00):
broke them. The week often revengethemselves on those who use them ill,
even though they be the more powerful. The mule, a mule frolicsome from
want of work and from overmuch corn, galloped about in a very extravagant manner,
(03:20):
and said to himself, my fathersurely was a high mettled racer,
and I am his own child inspeed and spirit. On the next day,
being driven a long journey and feelingvery weary, he exclaimed, in
a disconsolate tone, I must havemade a mistake. My father, after
all, could have been only anass The cat, the weasel, and
(03:49):
the rabbit. While a rabbit wasabsent from his hole one day, a
weasel took possession of it. Onthe rabbit's return, seeing the weasels know
sticking out, he said, youmust leave this hole immediately. There is
only room for one, and ithas always belonged to me, and my
(04:09):
father's before me. The more reasonthat you should give it up now,
said the weasel, and leave itspossession to me. As they could not
settle the dispute, they agreed toleave the question of ownership to a wise
old cat, to whom they wentwithout more. Ado, I am deaf,
said the cat, put your nosesclose to my ears. No sooner
(04:33):
had they done so than she clappeda paw upon each of them and killed
them both. These strong are aptto settle all questions by the rule of
might. The rat and the frog. A rat, in an evil day
(04:54):
made acquaintance with a frog, andthey set off on their travels together.
The frog, on pretense of greataffection and of keeping his companion out of
harm's way, tied the rat's footto his own hind leg, and thus
they proceeded for some distance by land. Presently they came to some water,
(05:14):
and the frog, bidding the rathave good courage, began to swim across.
They had, scarcely, however,arrived midway when the frog took a
sudden plunge to the bottom, draggingthe unfortunate rat after him. But the
struggling and floundering of the rat madeso great a commotion in the water that
it attracted the attention of a kite, who, pouncing down and bearing off
(05:40):
the rat, carried away the frogat the same time in his train.
Inconsiderate and ill matched alliances generally endin ruin, and the man who compasses
the destruction of his neighbor is oftencaught in his own snare. The widow
and the sheep. There was acertain widow who had an only sheep,
(06:05):
and, wishing to make the mostof his wool, she sheared him so
closely that she cut his skin aswell as his fleece. The sheep,
smarting under this treatment, cried out, why do you torture me? Thus?
What will my blood add to theweight of the wool? If you
want my flesh name, send forthe butcher, who will put me out
(06:28):
of my misery at once. Butif you want my fleece, send for
the shearer who will clip my woolwithout drawing my blood. Economy may be
carried too far. The man bittenby a dog. A man who had
been bitten by a dog was goingabout, asking who could cure him.
(06:49):
One that met him said, sir, if you would be cured. Take
a bit of bread and dip itinto the blood of the wound, and
give it to the dog that bityou. The man smiled and said,
if I were to follow your advice, I would be bitten by all the
dogs in the city. He whoproclaims himself ready to buy up his enemies
(07:12):
will never want a supply of them. The Horse and the Wolf. A
wolf saw a horse grazing in afield. Putting on a grave air,
he approached him and said, sir, you must be very ill. I
have some skill as a physician,and if you will tell me where your
ailment is, I shall be gladto be of service. Said the horse.
(07:38):
If you will examine my foot,you will find what ails me.
But as the wily wolf approached himwith a kick, he sent him flying
into the air. The goatherd andthe Goats. It was a stormy day
and the snow was falling fast whena goatherd drove his goats, all white
(08:01):
with snow, into a desert cavefor shelter. There he found that a
herd of wild goats, more numerousand larger than his own, had already
taken possession. So, thinking tosecure them all. He left his own
goats to take care of themselves,and through the branches which he had brought
(08:22):
for them, to the wild goatsto browse on. But when the weather
cleared up, he found his owngoats had perished from hunger, while the
wild goats were off and away tothe hills and woods. So the goatherd
returned a laughing stock to his neighbors, having failed to gain the wild goats
and having lost his own. Thosewho neglect their old friends for the sake
(08:46):
of new ones are rightly served ifthey lose both. The goose with the
golden eggs. A certain man hadthe good fortune to possess a goose that
laid a golden egg every day.But dissatisfied with so slow an income,
and thinking to seize the whole treasureat once, he killed the goose,
(09:09):
and cutting her open, found herjust what any other goose would be much
once more, and loses all.The old woman and the wine jar.
An old woman found an empty jarwhich had lately been full of prime old
wine, and which still retained thefragrance smell of its former contents. She
(09:35):
greedily placed it several times to hernose, and drawing it backwards and forwards,
said, oh, most delicious,How nice must the wine itself have
been, when it leaves behind inevery vessel which contained it, so sweet
a perfume. The memory of agood deed lives the ass carrying soul.
(10:01):
A certain huckster who kept an ass, hearing that salt was to be had
cheap at the sea side, drovehis ass thither to buy some. Having
loaded the beast as much as hecould bear, he was driving him home
when, as they were passing aslippery ledge of rock, the ass fell
into the stream below, and thesalt being melted, the ass was relieved
(10:24):
of his burden, and, havinggained the bank with ease, pursued his
journey onward, light in body andin spirit. The huckster soon afterwards set
off for the seashore for some moresalt, and loaded the ass, if
possible, yet more heavily than before. On their return, as they crossed
(10:45):
the stream into which he had formerlyfallen, the ass fell down on purpose,
and by dissolving the salt was againreleased from his load. The master,
provoked at the loss, and thinkinghow he might cure him this trick,
on his next attorney to the coastfreighted the beast with a load of
sponges. When they arrived at thesame stream as before, the ass was
(11:09):
at his old tricks again and rolledhimself into the water. But he found
to his cost as he proceeded homewardthat instead of lightening his burden, he
had more than doubled its weight.The same measures will not suit all circumstances.
(11:30):
The gnat and the bull. Agnat that had been buzzing about the
head of a bull at length,settling himself down upon his horn, begged
his pardon for in commoding him.But if says he my weight at all
inconveniences you pray, say so,and I will be off in a moment.
Oh, never trouble your head about, that says the bull, For
(11:56):
tis all one to me, whetheryou go or stay. And to say
the truth, I did not knowyou were there. The smaller the mind,
the greater the conceit. The lionand the gnat. As a gnat
was buzzing around a lion, thelion said to him, how dare you
(12:16):
approach me near? Be off,or I will kill you with the least
stroke of my paw. The gnat, knowing the advantage of his small size
and his alertness, immediately challenged theboaster to combat, and, alighting first
upon his nose and then upon histail, made the lion so furious that
(12:37):
he injured himself grievously with his paws. As the gnat flew away, he
boasted of his own prowess in thusdefeating the king of beasts without the slightest
injury to himself. But in hiscarelessness, he flew directly into a spider's
web, and the spider instantly seizedand killed him. The lion, the
(13:01):
ass, and the fox hunting.The lion, the ass, and the
fox formed a party to go outhunting. They took a large booty,
and when the sport was ended,bethought themselves of having a hearty meal.
The lion bade the ass allot tospoil, so dividing it into three equal
(13:22):
parts. The ass begged his friendsto make their choice, at which the
lion, in great indignation, fellupon the ass and tore him to pieces.
He then bade the fox make adivision, who, gathering the hole
into one great heap, reserved butthe smallest might for himself. Ah friend
(13:45):
says the lion, who taught youto make so equitable a division. I
wanted no other lesson, replied thefox, than the ass's fate better be
wise by misfortunes of others than byyour own. The dog whose ears were
cropped A dog complained of the crueltyof her master in cutting off her ears,
(14:09):
and was so ashamed of her appearancethat she resolved to stay in her
kennel with her family. A friendlyhunting dog said to her, if you
had been peaceful and not always fighting, you would have saved your ears and
your good looks. If you willfight, it is a kindness to crop
your ears, that they may notgive your enemy the advantage. The wind
(14:33):
and the sun A dispute once arosebetween the wind and the sun, which
was the stronger of the two,and they agreed to settle the point upon
this issue that whichever of the twosoonest made a traveler take off his cloak
should be accounted. The more powerfulthe wind began and blew with all his
(14:56):
might and mane a blast cold andfierce as a Thracian's storm. But the
stronger he blew, the closer thetraveler wrapped his cloak around him, and
the tighter he grasped it with hishands, then broke out the sun with
his welcome beams. He dispersed thevapor and the cold. The traveler felt
(15:16):
the genial warmth, and as thesun shone brighter and brighter, he sat
down, quite overcome with the heat, and taking off his cloak, cast
it on the ground. Thus thesun was declared the conqueror. And it
has ever been deemed that persuasion isbetter than force, and that the sunshine
(15:37):
of a kind and gentle manner willsooner lay open a poor man's heart than
all the threatenings and force of blusteringauthority. The wild boar and the Fox.
A wild boar was wetting his tusksagainst a tree, when a fox
coming by asked why he did so, For said he, I see no
(16:00):
reason for it. There is neitherhunter nor hound in sight, nor any
other danger that I can see athand. True, replied the boar.
But when that danger does arise,I shall have something else to do than
to sharpen my weapons. It istoo late to wet the sword when the
trumpet sounds to draw it. Endof Section eleven.
The peacock and the magpie. Thebirds once met together to choose a king,
and among others. The peacock wasa candidate. Spreading his showy tale
and stalking up and down with affectedgrandeur. He caught the eyes of the
silly multitude by his brilliant appearance,and was elected with acclamation. The magpie
(00:23):
then stepped forth into the midst ofthe assembly, and thus addressed the new
king. May it please your majestyelect to permit a humbler admirer to propose
a question. As our king,we put our lives and fortunes in your
hands. If therefore the eagle,the vulture, and the kite should make
(00:46):
a descent upon us, what meanswould you take for our defense? This
pithy question opened the eyes of thebirds to the weakness of their choice,
and they canceled the election. Thetwo Goats. Two goats started at the
same moment from opposite ends to crossa rude bridge that was only wide enough
(01:08):
for one to cross at a time. Meeting in the middle of the bridge,
neither would give way to the other. They locked horns and fought for
the right of way until they bothfell into the torrent below, and were
drowned. The dove and the ant. An ant went to the bank of
(01:30):
a river to quench its thirst,and, being carried away by the rush
of the stream, was on thepoint of being drowned. A dove sitting
on a tree overhanging the water,plucked the leaf and let it fall into
the stream close to her. Theant, climbing on it, floated in
safety to the bank. Shortly afterwards, a bird catcher came close and stood
(01:53):
under the tree and laid his limetwigs for the dove, which sat in
the branches. The air, perceivinghis design, stung him in the foot.
He suddenly threw down the twigs,and thereupon made the dove take wing.
The grateful heart will always find opportunitiesto show its gratitude. The eagle
(02:16):
and the beetle. The eagle andthe beetle were at enmity together, and
they destroyed one another's nests. Theeagle gave the first provocation is seizing upon
and in eating the young ones ofthe beetle. The beetle got by stealth
at the eagle's eggs and rolled themout of the nest and follow the eagle
(02:38):
even into the presence of Jupiter onthe eagle making his complaint, Jupiter ordered
him to make his nest in hislap. And while Jupiter had the eggs
in his lap, the beetle cameflying about him, and Jupiter, rising
up unawares to drive him away fromhis head, threw down the eggs and
(03:00):
broke them. The week often revengethemselves on those who use them ill,
even though they be the more powerful. The mule, a mule frolicsome from
want of work and from overmuch corn, galloped about in a very extravagant manner,
(03:20):
and said to himself, my fathersurely was a high mettled racer,
and I am his own child inspeed and spirit. On the next day,
being driven a long journey and feelingvery weary, he exclaimed, in
a disconsolate tone, I must havemade a mistake. My father, after
all, could have been only anass The cat, the weasel, and
(03:49):
the rabbit. While a rabbit wasabsent from his hole one day, a
weasel took possession of it. Onthe rabbit's return, seeing the weasels know
sticking out, he said, youmust leave this hole immediately. There is
only room for one, and ithas always belonged to me, and my
(04:09):
father's before me. The more reasonthat you should give it up now,
said the weasel, and leave itspossession to me. As they could not
settle the dispute, they agreed toleave the question of ownership to a wise
old cat, to whom they wentwithout more. Ado, I am deaf,
said the cat, put your nosesclose to my ears. No sooner
(04:33):
had they done so than she clappeda paw upon each of them and killed
them both. These strong are aptto settle all questions by the rule of
might. The rat and the frog. A rat, in an evil day
(04:54):
made acquaintance with a frog, andthey set off on their travels together.
The frog, on pretense of greataffection and of keeping his companion out of
harm's way, tied the rat's footto his own hind leg, and thus
they proceeded for some distance by land. Presently they came to some water,
(05:14):
and the frog, bidding the rathave good courage, began to swim across.
They had, scarcely, however,arrived midway when the frog took a
sudden plunge to the bottom, draggingthe unfortunate rat after him. But the
struggling and floundering of the rat madeso great a commotion in the water that
it attracted the attention of a kite, who, pouncing down and bearing off
(05:40):
the rat, carried away the frogat the same time in his train.
Inconsiderate and ill matched alliances generally endin ruin, and the man who compasses
the destruction of his neighbor is oftencaught in his own snare. The widow
and the sheep. There was acertain widow who had an only sheep,
(06:05):
and, wishing to make the mostof his wool, she sheared him so
closely that she cut his skin aswell as his fleece. The sheep,
smarting under this treatment, cried out, why do you torture me? Thus?
What will my blood add to theweight of the wool? If you
want my flesh name, send forthe butcher, who will put me out
(06:28):
of my misery at once. Butif you want my fleece, send for
the shearer who will clip my woolwithout drawing my blood. Economy may be
carried too far. The man bittenby a dog. A man who had
been bitten by a dog was goingabout, asking who could cure him.
(06:49):
One that met him said, sir, if you would be cured. Take
a bit of bread and dip itinto the blood of the wound, and
give it to the dog that bityou. The man smiled and said,
if I were to follow your advice, I would be bitten by all the
dogs in the city. He whoproclaims himself ready to buy up his enemies
(07:12):
will never want a supply of them. The Horse and the Wolf. A
wolf saw a horse grazing in afield. Putting on a grave air,
he approached him and said, sir, you must be very ill. I
have some skill as a physician,and if you will tell me where your
ailment is, I shall be gladto be of service. Said the horse.
(07:38):
If you will examine my foot,you will find what ails me.
But as the wily wolf approached himwith a kick, he sent him flying
into the air. The goatherd andthe Goats. It was a stormy day
and the snow was falling fast whena goatherd drove his goats, all white
(08:01):
with snow, into a desert cavefor shelter. There he found that a
herd of wild goats, more numerousand larger than his own, had already
taken possession. So, thinking tosecure them all. He left his own
goats to take care of themselves,and through the branches which he had brought
(08:22):
for them, to the wild goatsto browse on. But when the weather
cleared up, he found his owngoats had perished from hunger, while the
wild goats were off and away tothe hills and woods. So the goatherd
returned a laughing stock to his neighbors, having failed to gain the wild goats
and having lost his own. Thosewho neglect their old friends for the sake
(08:46):
of new ones are rightly served ifthey lose both. The goose with the
golden eggs. A certain man hadthe good fortune to possess a goose that
laid a golden egg every day.But dissatisfied with so slow an income,
and thinking to seize the whole treasureat once, he killed the goose,
(09:09):
and cutting her open, found herjust what any other goose would be much
once more, and loses all.The old woman and the wine jar.
An old woman found an empty jarwhich had lately been full of prime old
wine, and which still retained thefragrance smell of its former contents. She
(09:35):
greedily placed it several times to hernose, and drawing it backwards and forwards,
said, oh, most delicious,How nice must the wine itself have
been, when it leaves behind inevery vessel which contained it, so sweet
a perfume. The memory of agood deed lives the ass carrying soul.
(10:01):
A certain huckster who kept an ass, hearing that salt was to be had
cheap at the sea side, drovehis ass thither to buy some. Having
loaded the beast as much as hecould bear, he was driving him home
when, as they were passing aslippery ledge of rock, the ass fell
into the stream below, and thesalt being melted, the ass was relieved
(10:24):
of his burden, and, havinggained the bank with ease, pursued his
journey onward, light in body andin spirit. The huckster soon afterwards set
off for the seashore for some moresalt, and loaded the ass, if
possible, yet more heavily than before. On their return, as they crossed
(10:45):
the stream into which he had formerlyfallen, the ass fell down on purpose,
and by dissolving the salt was againreleased from his load. The master,
provoked at the loss, and thinkinghow he might cure him this trick,
on his next attorney to the coastfreighted the beast with a load of
sponges. When they arrived at thesame stream as before, the ass was
(11:09):
at his old tricks again and rolledhimself into the water. But he found
to his cost as he proceeded homewardthat instead of lightening his burden, he
had more than doubled its weight.The same measures will not suit all circumstances.
(11:30):
The gnat and the bull. Agnat that had been buzzing about the
head of a bull at length,settling himself down upon his horn, begged
his pardon for in commoding him.But if says he my weight at all
inconveniences you pray, say so,and I will be off in a moment.
Oh, never trouble your head about, that says the bull, For
(11:56):
tis all one to me, whetheryou go or stay. And to say
the truth, I did not knowyou were there. The smaller the mind,
the greater the conceit. The lionand the gnat. As a gnat
was buzzing around a lion, thelion said to him, how dare you
(12:16):
approach me near? Be off,or I will kill you with the least
stroke of my paw. The gnat, knowing the advantage of his small size
and his alertness, immediately challenged theboaster to combat, and, alighting first
upon his nose and then upon histail, made the lion so furious that
(12:37):
he injured himself grievously with his paws. As the gnat flew away, he
boasted of his own prowess in thusdefeating the king of beasts without the slightest
injury to himself. But in hiscarelessness, he flew directly into a spider's
web, and the spider instantly seizedand killed him. The lion, the
(13:01):
ass, and the fox hunting.The lion, the ass, and the
fox formed a party to go outhunting. They took a large booty,
and when the sport was ended,bethought themselves of having a hearty meal.
The lion bade the ass allot tospoil, so dividing it into three equal
(13:22):
parts. The ass begged his friendsto make their choice, at which the
lion, in great indignation, fellupon the ass and tore him to pieces.
He then bade the fox make adivision, who, gathering the hole
into one great heap, reserved butthe smallest might for himself. Ah friend
(13:45):
says the lion, who taught youto make so equitable a division. I
wanted no other lesson, replied thefox, than the ass's fate better be
wise by misfortunes of others than byyour own. The dog whose ears were
cropped A dog complained of the crueltyof her master in cutting off her ears,
(14:09):
and was so ashamed of her appearancethat she resolved to stay in her
kennel with her family. A friendlyhunting dog said to her, if you
had been peaceful and not always fighting, you would have saved your ears and
your good looks. If you willfight, it is a kindness to crop
your ears, that they may notgive your enemy the advantage. The wind
(14:33):
and the sun A dispute once arosebetween the wind and the sun, which
was the stronger of the two,and they agreed to settle the point upon
this issue that whichever of the twosoonest made a traveler take off his cloak
should be accounted. The more powerfulthe wind began and blew with all his
(14:56):
might and mane a blast cold andfierce as a Thracian's storm. But the
stronger he blew, the closer thetraveler wrapped his cloak around him, and
the tighter he grasped it with hishands, then broke out the sun with
his welcome beams. He dispersed thevapor and the cold. The traveler felt
(15:16):
the genial warmth, and as thesun shone brighter and brighter, he sat
down, quite overcome with the heat, and taking off his cloak, cast
it on the ground. Thus thesun was declared the conqueror. And it
has ever been deemed that persuasion isbetter than force, and that the sunshine
(15:37):
of a kind and gentle manner willsooner lay open a poor man's heart than
all the threatenings and force of blusteringauthority. The wild boar and the Fox.
A wild boar was wetting his tusksagainst a tree, when a fox
coming by asked why he did so, For said he, I see no
(16:00):
reason for it. There is neitherhunter nor hound in sight, nor any
other danger that I can see athand. True, replied the boar.
But when that danger does arise,I shall have something else to do than
to sharpen my weapons. It istoo late to wet the sword when the
trumpet sounds to draw it. Endof Section eleven.
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