August 10, 2021 • 15 mins
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The old Man and the three youngMen. As an old man was planting
a tree, three young men camealong and began to make sport of him,
saying, it shows your foolishness tobe planting a tree at your age.
The tree cannot bear fruit for manyyears, while you must very soon
die. What is the use ofyour wasting your time in providing pleasure for
(00:23):
others to share long after you aredead. The old man stopped in his
labor and replied, others before meprovided for my happiness, and it is
my duty to provide for those whoshall come after me. As for life,
who is sure of it? Fora day you may all die before
me. The old man's words cametrue. One of the young men went
(00:47):
on a voyage at sea and wasdrowned, another went to war and was
shot, and the third fell froma tree and broke his neck. We
should not think wholly of ourselves,and we should remember that life is uncertain.
The Lion and the Fox. Afox entered into partnership with the lion
(01:11):
on the pretense of becoming his servant. Each undertook his proper duty in accordance
with his own nature and powers.The fox discovered and pointed out the prey.
The lion sprang on it and seizedit. The fox soon became jealous
of the lion carrying off the lion'sshare, and said that he would no
longer find out the prey, butwould capture it on his own account.
(01:37):
The next day, he attempted tosnatch a lamb from the fold, but
fell himself a prey to the huntsmanand his hounds, Keep to your place
if you would succeed the horse andthe stag. The horse had the plane
entirely to himself. A stag intrudedinto his domain and shared his pasture.
(02:02):
The horse, desiring to revenge himselfon the stranger, requested a man if
he were willing to help him inpunishing the stag. The man replied that
if the horse would receive a bitin his mouth and agree to carry him,
he would contrive very effectual weapons againstthe stag. The horse consented and
(02:23):
allowed the man to mount him.From that hour, he found that instead
of obtaining revenge on the stag,he had enslaved himself to the service of
man. He who seeks to injureothers often injures only himself. The Lion
and the Dolphin. A lion roamingby the sea shore saw a dolphin lift
(02:49):
up his head out of the waves, and asked him to contract an alliance
with him, saying that of allthe animals, they ought to be best
friends, since the one was theking of beasts on earth and the other
was the sovereign ruler of all theinhabitants of the ocean. The dolphin gladly
consented to this request. Not longafterwards, the lion had a combat with
(03:12):
a wild bull and called on thedolphin to help him. The dolphin,
though quite willing to give him assistance, was unable to do so as he
could not by any means reach theland. The lion abused him as a
traitor. The dolphin replied, nay, my friend, blame not me but
nature, which, while giving mesovereignty of the sea, has quite denied
(03:38):
me the power of living upon theland. Let everyone stick to his own
element. The mice in council.The mice summoned a council to decide how
they might best devise means for obtainingnotice of the approach of their great enemy,
(04:00):
the cat. Among the many plansdevised the one that found most favor
was the proposal to tie a bellto the neck of the cat, that
the mice, being warned by thesound of the tinkling, might run away
and hide themselves in their holes athis approach. But when the mice further
debated who among them should thus bellthe cat, there was no one found
(04:25):
to do it. Let those whopropose be willing to perform the camel and
the Arab. An Arab camel driver, having completed the lading of his camel,
asked him which he would like bestto go uphill or downhill? The
(04:48):
poor beast replied, not without atouch of reason. Why do you ask
me? Is it that the levelway through the desert is closed? The
fighting cocks and the eagle two gamecocks were fiercely fighting for the mastery of
the farmyard. One at last putthe other to flight. The vanquished cock
(05:14):
skulked away and hid himself in aquiet corner. The coqueror, flying up
to a high wall, flapped hiswings and crowed exultingly with all his might.
An eagle sailing through the air,pounced upon him and carried him off
in his talons. The vanquished cockimmediately came out of his corner and ruled
(05:35):
henceforth with undisputed mastery. Pride goesbefore destruction. The Boys and the frogs.
Some boys playing near a pond sawa number of frogs in the water
and began to pelt them with stones. They killed several of them, when
(05:57):
one of the frogs, lifting hishead out of the water, cried out,
pray, stop, my boys.What a sport to you is death
to us. What we do insport often makes great trouble for others.
The crab and its mother. Acrab said to her son, why do
(06:18):
you walk so one sided? Mychild? It is far more becoming to
go straightforward. The young crab replied, quite true, dear mother, and
if you will show me the straightway, I will promise to walk in
it. The mother tried in vainand submitted without remonstrance to the reproof of
(06:40):
her child. Example is more powerfulthan precept. The wolf and the shepherd.
A wolf followed a flock of sheepfor a long time and did not
attempt to injure one of them.The shepherd at first stood on his guard
against him as against an enemy,and kept a strict watch over his movements.
(07:03):
But when the wolf, day afterday kept in the company of the
sheep, and did not make theslightest effort to seize them. The shepherd
began to look upon him as aguardian of his flock, rather than as
a plotter of evil against it,and when the occasion called him one day
into the city, he left thesheep entirely in his charge. The wolf,
(07:26):
now that he had the opportunity,fell upon the sheep and destroyed the
greater part of the flock. Theshepherd, on his return, finding his
flock destroyed, exclaimed, I havebeen rightly served. Why did I trust
my sheep to a wolf? Anevil mind will show an evil action sooner
(07:47):
or later. The Man and theLion a man and a lion traveled together
through the forest. They soon beganto boast of their respective superiority to each
other in strength and prowess. Asthey were disputing, they passed a statue
carved in stone which represented a lionstrangled by a man. The traveler pointed
(08:13):
to it and said, see there, how strong we are, and how
we prevail over even the king ofbeasts. The lion replied, this statue
was made by one of you men. If we lions knew how to erect
statues. You will see the manplaced under the paw of the lion.
(08:33):
One story is good till another istold. The Ox and the Frog.
An ox, drinking at a pool, trod on a brood of young frogs
and crushed one of them to death. The mother, coming up and missing
one of her sons, inquired ofhis brothers, what had become of him?
He is dead, dear mother,For just now a very huge beast
(08:58):
with four great feet came aim tothe pool and crushed him to death with
his cloven heel. The frog,puffing herself out, inquired if the beast
was as big as that in size. Cease mother to puff yourself out,
said her son. And do notbe angry for you would, I assure
you, sooner burst than successfully imitatethe hugeness of that monster. Impossible things
(09:24):
we cannot hope to attain, andit is of no use to try.
The birds, the beasts, andthe bat. The birds waged war with
the beasts, and each party were, by turns the conquerors. A bat,
fearing the uncertain issues of the fight, always betook himself to that side
(09:46):
which was the strongest. When peacewas proclaimed his deceitful conduct was apparent to
both the combatants. He was drivenforth from the light of day, and
henceforth concealed himself in dark hiding places, flying always alone and at night.
Those who practice deceit must expect tobe shunned. The charcoal burner and the
(10:13):
fuller. A charcoal burner carried onhis trade in his own house. One
day he met a friend, afuller, and entreated him to come and
live with him, saying that theyshould be far better neighbors and that their
housekeeping expenses would be lessened. Thefuller replied, the arrangement is impossible as
(10:35):
far as I am concerned. Forwhatever I should whiten, you would immediately
blacken again with your charcoal. Likewill draw. Like the bull and the
goat, a bull, escaping froma lion entered a cave which some shepherds
had lately occupied. A he goatwas left in it, who sharply attacked
(11:00):
him with his horns. The bullquietly addressed him, but away as much
as you will. I have nofear of you, but of the lion.
Let that monster once go, andI will soon let you know what
is the respective strength of a goatand a bull. It shows an evil
disposition to take advantage of a friendin distress. The Lion and the mouse.
(11:28):
A lion was awakened from sleep bya mouse running over his face.
Rising up in anger, he caughthim and was about to kill him,
when the mouse piteously entreated, saying, if you would only spare my life,
I would be sure to repay yourkindness. The lion laughed and let
him go. It happened shortly afterthis that the lion was caught by some
(11:50):
hunters, who bound him by strongropes to the ground. The mouse,
recognizing his roar, came up andgnawed the rope with his teeth, and
setting him free, exclaimed, youridiculed the idea of my being able to
help you, not expecting to receivefrom me in every payment of your favor.
But now you know that it ispossible for even a mouse to confer
(12:15):
benefits on a lion. No oneis too weak to do good. The
Horse and the ass. A horse, proud of his fine trappings, met
an ass on the highway. Theass, being heavily laden, moved slowly
out of the way, hardly,said the horse, can I resist kicking
(12:37):
you with my heels. The assheld his peace and made only a silent
appeal to the justice of the gods. Not long afterward, the horse,
having become broken winded, was sentby his owner to the farm. The
ass, seeing him drawing a dungcart, thus derided him, where robost
(13:00):
are now all thy gay trappings,Thou, who art thyself reduced to the
condition you so lately treated with contempt. The old hound, a hound who
in the days of his youth andstrength had never yielded to any beast of
the forest, encountered in his oldage a boar in the chase. He
(13:24):
seized him boldly by the ear,but could not retain his hold because of
the decay of his teeth, sothat the boar escaped. His master,
quickly coming up, was very muchdisappointed and fiercely abused the dog. The
hound looked up and said, itis not my fault. Master. My
spirit was as good as ever,but I could not help mine infirmities.
(13:48):
I rather deserve to be praised forwhat I have been than to be blamed
for what I am. No oneshould be blamed for his infirmities. The
Crow and the pitcher, a crowperishing with thirst, saw a pitcher,
and, hoping to find water,flew to it with great delight. When
(14:11):
he reached it, he discovered,to his grief that it contained so little
water that he could not possibly getat it. He tried everything he could
think of to reach the water,but all his efforts were in vain.
At last he collected as many stonesas he could carry and dropped them one
by one with his beak into thepitcher, until he brought the water within
(14:33):
his reach, and thus saved hislife. Necessity is the mother of invention.
The ass eating thistles an ass wasloaded with good provisions of several sorts,
which, in time of harvest hewas carrying into the field for his
master and the reapers to dine upon. By the way, he met with
(14:56):
a fine, large thistle, andbea very hungry began to mumble it.
And while he was doing so,he entered into this reflection, how many
greedy epicures would think themselves happy amidstsuch delicate viands as I now carry.
But to me, this bitter,prickly thistle is more savory and relishing than
(15:18):
the most exquisite and sumptuous banquet.Let others choose what they may for food.
But give me, above everything,a fine juicy thistle like this,
and I will be content. Everyone to his taste. One man's meat
is another man's poison, and oneman's poison is another man's meat. What
(15:41):
is rejected by one person may bevalued very highly by another. End of Section three
The old Man and the three youngMen. As an old man was planting
a tree, three young men camealong and began to make sport of him,
saying, it shows your foolishness tobe planting a tree at your age.
The tree cannot bear fruit for manyyears, while you must very soon
die. What is the use ofyour wasting your time in providing pleasure for
(00:23):
others to share long after you aredead. The old man stopped in his
labor and replied, others before meprovided for my happiness, and it is
my duty to provide for those whoshall come after me. As for life,
who is sure of it? Fora day you may all die before
me. The old man's words cametrue. One of the young men went
(00:47):
on a voyage at sea and wasdrowned, another went to war and was
shot, and the third fell froma tree and broke his neck. We
should not think wholly of ourselves,and we should remember that life is uncertain.
The Lion and the Fox. Afox entered into partnership with the lion
(01:11):
on the pretense of becoming his servant. Each undertook his proper duty in accordance
with his own nature and powers.The fox discovered and pointed out the prey.
The lion sprang on it and seizedit. The fox soon became jealous
of the lion carrying off the lion'sshare, and said that he would no
longer find out the prey, butwould capture it on his own account.
(01:37):
The next day, he attempted tosnatch a lamb from the fold, but
fell himself a prey to the huntsmanand his hounds, Keep to your place
if you would succeed the horse andthe stag. The horse had the plane
entirely to himself. A stag intrudedinto his domain and shared his pasture.
(02:02):
The horse, desiring to revenge himselfon the stranger, requested a man if
he were willing to help him inpunishing the stag. The man replied that
if the horse would receive a bitin his mouth and agree to carry him,
he would contrive very effectual weapons againstthe stag. The horse consented and
(02:23):
allowed the man to mount him.From that hour, he found that instead
of obtaining revenge on the stag,he had enslaved himself to the service of
man. He who seeks to injureothers often injures only himself. The Lion
and the Dolphin. A lion roamingby the sea shore saw a dolphin lift
(02:49):
up his head out of the waves, and asked him to contract an alliance
with him, saying that of allthe animals, they ought to be best
friends, since the one was theking of beasts on earth and the other
was the sovereign ruler of all theinhabitants of the ocean. The dolphin gladly
consented to this request. Not longafterwards, the lion had a combat with
(03:12):
a wild bull and called on thedolphin to help him. The dolphin,
though quite willing to give him assistance, was unable to do so as he
could not by any means reach theland. The lion abused him as a
traitor. The dolphin replied, nay, my friend, blame not me but
nature, which, while giving mesovereignty of the sea, has quite denied
(03:38):
me the power of living upon theland. Let everyone stick to his own
element. The mice in council.The mice summoned a council to decide how
they might best devise means for obtainingnotice of the approach of their great enemy,
(04:00):
the cat. Among the many plansdevised the one that found most favor
was the proposal to tie a bellto the neck of the cat, that
the mice, being warned by thesound of the tinkling, might run away
and hide themselves in their holes athis approach. But when the mice further
debated who among them should thus bellthe cat, there was no one found
(04:25):
to do it. Let those whopropose be willing to perform the camel and
the Arab. An Arab camel driver, having completed the lading of his camel,
asked him which he would like bestto go uphill or downhill? The
(04:48):
poor beast replied, not without atouch of reason. Why do you ask
me? Is it that the levelway through the desert is closed? The
fighting cocks and the eagle two gamecocks were fiercely fighting for the mastery of
the farmyard. One at last putthe other to flight. The vanquished cock
(05:14):
skulked away and hid himself in aquiet corner. The coqueror, flying up
to a high wall, flapped hiswings and crowed exultingly with all his might.
An eagle sailing through the air,pounced upon him and carried him off
in his talons. The vanquished cockimmediately came out of his corner and ruled
(05:35):
henceforth with undisputed mastery. Pride goesbefore destruction. The Boys and the frogs.
Some boys playing near a pond sawa number of frogs in the water
and began to pelt them with stones. They killed several of them, when
(05:57):
one of the frogs, lifting hishead out of the water, cried out,
pray, stop, my boys.What a sport to you is death
to us. What we do insport often makes great trouble for others.
The crab and its mother. Acrab said to her son, why do
(06:18):
you walk so one sided? Mychild? It is far more becoming to
go straightforward. The young crab replied, quite true, dear mother, and
if you will show me the straightway, I will promise to walk in
it. The mother tried in vainand submitted without remonstrance to the reproof of
(06:40):
her child. Example is more powerfulthan precept. The wolf and the shepherd.
A wolf followed a flock of sheepfor a long time and did not
attempt to injure one of them.The shepherd at first stood on his guard
against him as against an enemy,and kept a strict watch over his movements.
(07:03):
But when the wolf, day afterday kept in the company of the
sheep, and did not make theslightest effort to seize them. The shepherd
began to look upon him as aguardian of his flock, rather than as
a plotter of evil against it,and when the occasion called him one day
into the city, he left thesheep entirely in his charge. The wolf,
(07:26):
now that he had the opportunity,fell upon the sheep and destroyed the
greater part of the flock. Theshepherd, on his return, finding his
flock destroyed, exclaimed, I havebeen rightly served. Why did I trust
my sheep to a wolf? Anevil mind will show an evil action sooner
(07:47):
or later. The Man and theLion a man and a lion traveled together
through the forest. They soon beganto boast of their respective superiority to each
other in strength and prowess. Asthey were disputing, they passed a statue
carved in stone which represented a lionstrangled by a man. The traveler pointed
(08:13):
to it and said, see there, how strong we are, and how
we prevail over even the king ofbeasts. The lion replied, this statue
was made by one of you men. If we lions knew how to erect
statues. You will see the manplaced under the paw of the lion.
(08:33):
One story is good till another istold. The Ox and the Frog.
An ox, drinking at a pool, trod on a brood of young frogs
and crushed one of them to death. The mother, coming up and missing
one of her sons, inquired ofhis brothers, what had become of him?
He is dead, dear mother,For just now a very huge beast
(08:58):
with four great feet came aim tothe pool and crushed him to death with
his cloven heel. The frog,puffing herself out, inquired if the beast
was as big as that in size. Cease mother to puff yourself out,
said her son. And do notbe angry for you would, I assure
you, sooner burst than successfully imitatethe hugeness of that monster. Impossible things
(09:24):
we cannot hope to attain, andit is of no use to try.
The birds, the beasts, andthe bat. The birds waged war with
the beasts, and each party were, by turns the conquerors. A bat,
fearing the uncertain issues of the fight, always betook himself to that side
(09:46):
which was the strongest. When peacewas proclaimed his deceitful conduct was apparent to
both the combatants. He was drivenforth from the light of day, and
henceforth concealed himself in dark hiding places, flying always alone and at night.
Those who practice deceit must expect tobe shunned. The charcoal burner and the
(10:13):
fuller. A charcoal burner carried onhis trade in his own house. One
day he met a friend, afuller, and entreated him to come and
live with him, saying that theyshould be far better neighbors and that their
housekeeping expenses would be lessened. Thefuller replied, the arrangement is impossible as
(10:35):
far as I am concerned. Forwhatever I should whiten, you would immediately
blacken again with your charcoal. Likewill draw. Like the bull and the
goat, a bull, escaping froma lion entered a cave which some shepherds
had lately occupied. A he goatwas left in it, who sharply attacked
(11:00):
him with his horns. The bullquietly addressed him, but away as much
as you will. I have nofear of you, but of the lion.
Let that monster once go, andI will soon let you know what
is the respective strength of a goatand a bull. It shows an evil
disposition to take advantage of a friendin distress. The Lion and the mouse.
(11:28):
A lion was awakened from sleep bya mouse running over his face.
Rising up in anger, he caughthim and was about to kill him,
when the mouse piteously entreated, saying, if you would only spare my life,
I would be sure to repay yourkindness. The lion laughed and let
him go. It happened shortly afterthis that the lion was caught by some
(11:50):
hunters, who bound him by strongropes to the ground. The mouse,
recognizing his roar, came up andgnawed the rope with his teeth, and
setting him free, exclaimed, youridiculed the idea of my being able to
help you, not expecting to receivefrom me in every payment of your favor.
But now you know that it ispossible for even a mouse to confer
(12:15):
benefits on a lion. No oneis too weak to do good. The
Horse and the ass. A horse, proud of his fine trappings, met
an ass on the highway. Theass, being heavily laden, moved slowly
out of the way, hardly,said the horse, can I resist kicking
(12:37):
you with my heels. The assheld his peace and made only a silent
appeal to the justice of the gods. Not long afterward, the horse,
having become broken winded, was sentby his owner to the farm. The
ass, seeing him drawing a dungcart, thus derided him, where robost
(13:00):
are now all thy gay trappings,Thou, who art thyself reduced to the
condition you so lately treated with contempt. The old hound, a hound who
in the days of his youth andstrength had never yielded to any beast of
the forest, encountered in his oldage a boar in the chase. He
(13:24):
seized him boldly by the ear,but could not retain his hold because of
the decay of his teeth, sothat the boar escaped. His master,
quickly coming up, was very muchdisappointed and fiercely abused the dog. The
hound looked up and said, itis not my fault. Master. My
spirit was as good as ever,but I could not help mine infirmities.
(13:48):
I rather deserve to be praised forwhat I have been than to be blamed
for what I am. No oneshould be blamed for his infirmities. The
Crow and the pitcher, a crowperishing with thirst, saw a pitcher,
and, hoping to find water,flew to it with great delight. When
(14:11):
he reached it, he discovered,to his grief that it contained so little
water that he could not possibly getat it. He tried everything he could
think of to reach the water,but all his efforts were in vain.
At last he collected as many stonesas he could carry and dropped them one
by one with his beak into thepitcher, until he brought the water within
(14:33):
his reach, and thus saved hislife. Necessity is the mother of invention.
The ass eating thistles an ass wasloaded with good provisions of several sorts,
which, in time of harvest hewas carrying into the field for his
master and the reapers to dine upon. By the way, he met with
(14:56):
a fine, large thistle, andbea very hungry began to mumble it.
And while he was doing so,he entered into this reflection, how many
greedy epicures would think themselves happy amidstsuch delicate viands as I now carry.
But to me, this bitter,prickly thistle is more savory and relishing than
(15:18):
the most exquisite and sumptuous banquet.Let others choose what they may for food.
But give me, above everything,a fine juicy thistle like this,
and I will be content. Everyone to his taste. One man's meat
is another man's poison, and oneman's poison is another man's meat. What
(15:41):
is rejected by one person may bevalued very highly by another. End of Section three
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