August 10, 2021 • 15 mins
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(00:00):
The wolf and the lion. Awolf, having stolen a lamb from a
fold, was carrying him off tohis lair. A lion met him in
the path, and, seizing thelamb, took it from him. The
wolf, standing at a safe distance, exclaimed, you have unrighteously taken from
(00:20):
me that which was mine. Thelion juryingly replied, it was righteously yours.
A Was it the gift of afriend, or did you get it
by purchase? If you did notget it in one way or the other,
how then did you come by it? One thief is no better than
(00:41):
another. The king's son and thepainted lion. A king who had only
one son, fond of martial exercises, had a dream in which he was
warned that his son would be killedby a lion. Afraid lest the dream
should prove true, he built forhis son a pleasant palace and darned its
(01:06):
walls for his amusement with all kindsof animals of the size of life,
along which was the picture of alion. When the young prince saw this,
his grief at being thus confined burstout afresh, and standing near the
lion, he thus spoke, oh, you most detestable of animals, through
(01:26):
a lying dream of my father's whichhe saw in his sleep. I am
shut up on your account in thispalace, as if I had been a
girl. What shall I now doto you? With these words? He
stretched out his hands toward a thorntree, meaning to cut a stick from
(01:47):
its branches that he might beat thelion, when one of its sharp prickles
pierced his finger and caused great painand inflammation, so that the young prince
fell down in a fainting fit.A violent fever suddenly set in, from
which he died not many days later. We had better bear our troubles bravely
(02:07):
than try to escape them. Thetrees and the axe. A man came
into a forest and made a petitionto the trees to provide him a handle
for his axe. The trees consentedto his request and gave him a young
ash tree. No sooner had theman fitted from it a new handle to
(02:30):
his axe, than he began touse it, and quickly felled with his
strokes the noblest giants of the forest. An old oak, lamenting when too
late the destruction of his companions,said to a neighboring cedar, the first
step has lost us all. Ifwe had not given up the rights of
(02:51):
the ash we might yet have retainedour own privileges, and have stood for
ages. In yielding the rights ofothers, we may endanger our own.
The seaside travelers. Some travelers journeyingalong the seashore climbed to the summit of
(03:13):
a tall cliff, and from thence, looking over the sea, saw in
the distance what they thought was alarge ship, and waited in the hope
of seeing it enter the harbor.But as the object on which they looked
was driven by the wind nearer tothe shore, they found that it could
be at most a small boat,and not a ship. When, however,
it reached the beach, they discoveredthat it was only a large fagot
(03:38):
of sticks, and one of themsaid to his companions, we have waited
for no purpose, for after allthere was nothing to see but a faggot.
Our mere anticipations of life outrun itsrealities. The seagull and the kite.
(03:58):
A seagull, who was bore athome swimming on the sea than walking
on the land, was in thehabit of catching live fish for its food.
One day, having bolted down toolarge a fish, It burst its
a deep gallic bag and lay downon the shore to die. A kite,
seeing him, and thinking him aland bird like itself, exclaimed,
(04:20):
you richly deserve your fate. Fora bird of the air has no business
to seek its food from the sea. Every man should be content to mind
his own business. The monkey andthe camel, the beasts of the forest
(04:40):
gave a splendid entertainment, at whichthe monkey stood up and danced. Having
vastly delighted the assembly, he satdown amidst a universal applause. The camel,
envious of the praises bestowed upon themonkey, and desirous to divert to
himself the favor of the guests,proposed to stand up his turn and dance
(05:00):
for their amusement. He moved aboutin so very ridiculous a manner that the
beasts, in a fit of indignation, set upon him with clubs and drove
him out of the assembly. Itis absurd to ape our betters. The
rat and the elephant. A rattraveling on the highway met a huge elephant
(05:27):
bearing his royal master and his suite, and also his favorite cat and dog
and parrot and monkey. The greatbeast and his attendants were followed by an
admiring crowd, taking up all ofthe road. What fools you are,
said the rat to the people,to make such a hubbub over an elephant.
Is it his great bulk that youso much admire? It can only
(05:50):
frighten little boys and girls, AndI can do that as well. I
am a beast as well as he, and have as many legs and ears
and eyes. He has no rightto take up all the highway, which
belongs as much to me as tohim. At this moment, the cat
spied the rat, and, jumpingto the ground, soon convinced him that
(06:13):
he was not an elephant. Becausewe are like the great in one respect,
we must not think we are likethem at all. The fisherman piping,
a fisherman skilled in music, tookhis flute and his nets to the
seashore. Standing on a projecting rock, he played several tunes in the hope
(06:35):
that the fish, attracted by hismelody would have their own accord, danced
into his net, which he hadplaced below. At last, having long
waited in vain, he laid asidehis flute and casting his net into the
sea, made an excellent hall.The Wolf and the house dog. A
(07:00):
wolf meeting with a big, wellfed mastiff having a wooden collar about his
neck, he inquired of him whoit was that fed him so well and
yet compelled him to drag that heavylog about wherever he went. The master,
he replied, then said the wolf. May no friend of mine ever
be in such a plight, forthe weight of this chain is enough to
(07:23):
spoil the appetite. Nothing can compensateus for the loss of our liberty.
The eagle and the kite. Aneagle, overwhelmed with sorrow, sat upon
the branches of a tree in companywith the kite. Why, said the
kite, do I see you withsuch a rueful look? I seek,
(07:46):
she replied, for a mate suitablefor me, and am not able to
find one. Take me, returnedthe kite, I am much stronger than
you are. Why are you ableto secure the means of living by your
plunder? Well? I have oftencaught and carried away an ostrich in my
talons. The eagle, persuaded bythese words, accepted him as her mate.
(08:11):
Shortly after the nuptials, the eaglesaid, fly off and bring me
back the ostrich you promised me.The kite, soaring aloft into the air,
brought back the shabbiest possible mouse.Is this, said the eagle,
the faithful fulfillment of your promise tome? The kit replied that I might
(08:33):
attain to your royal hand, andthere is nothing that I would not have
promised. However much I knew thatI must fail in the performance. Promises
of a suitor must be taken withcaution. The dogs and the hides.
Some dogs, famished with hunger,saw some cowhides steeping in the river.
(08:56):
Not being able to reach them,they agreed to drink the river, but
it fell out that they burst themselveswith drinking long before they reached the hides.
Attempt not impossibilities. The fisherman andthe little fish. A fisherman who
lived on the produce of his nets, one day caught a single small fish
(09:20):
as the results of his day's labor. The fish, panting convulsively, thus
entreated for his life. Oh sir, what good can I be to you?
And how little am I worth?I am not yet come to my
full size. Pray spare my lifeand put me back into the sea.
I shall soon become a large fishfit for the tables of the rich,
(09:43):
and then you can catch me againand make a handsome profit of me.
The fisherman replied, I should bea very simple fellow if I were to
forego by certain gain for an uncertainprofit. The ass and his purchaser.
(10:05):
A man wished to purchase an ass, and agreed with its owner that he
should try him before he bought him. He took the ass home and put
him in the straw yard with hisother asses, upon which he left all
the others, and joined himself atonce to the most idle and the greediest
eater of them all. The manput a halter on him and led him
(10:26):
back to his owner, saying,I do not need a trial. I
know that he will be just suchanother as the one whom he chose for
his companion. A man is knownby the company he keeps, the shepherd
and the sheep. A shepherd,driving his sheep to a wood, saw
(10:50):
an oak of unusual size full ofacorns, and spreading his cloak under the
branches, He climbed up into thetree and shook down the acorns. The
sheep, eating the acorns, frayedand tore the cloak. The shepherd,
coming down and seeing what they haddone, said, oh, you most
ungrateful creatures. You provide wool tomake garments for all other men, but
(11:16):
you destroy the clothes of him whofeed you. The basest in gratitude is
that which injures those who service.The fox and the crow. A crow,
having stolen a bit of meat,perched in a tree and held it
in her beak. A fox,seeing her, longed to possess himself of
(11:39):
the meat, and by a wilystratagem, succeeded. How handsome is the
crow, he exclaimed, in thebeauty of her shape, and in the
fairness of her complexion. Oh,if her voice were only equal to her
beauty, she would deservedly be consideredthe queen of birds. This, he
(12:00):
said, deceitfully, having greater admirationfor the meat than for the crow.
But the crow, all her vanity, aroused by the cunning flattery, and
anxious to refute the reflection cast uponher voice, set up a loud caw
and dropped the meat. The foxquickly picked it up, and thus addressed
(12:20):
the crow, My good crow,your voice is right enough, but your
wit is wanting. He who listensto flattery is not wise, for it
has no good purpose. The swallowand the crow. The swallow and the
crow had a contention about their plumage. The crow put an end to the
(12:45):
dispute by saying, your feathers areall very well in the spring, but
mine protect me against the winter.Fine weather, friends are not worth much.
The hen and the golden eggs.A cottager and his wife had a
hen which laid every day a goldenegg. They supposed that it must contain
(13:09):
a great lump of gold in itsinside, and killed it in order that
they might get it. When,to their surprise they found that the hen
differed in no respect from their otherhens. The foolish pair, thus,
hoping to become rich, all atonce deprived themselves of the gain of which
they were day by day assured.The old man and Death. An old
(13:37):
man was employed in cutting wood inthe forest and in carrying the fagots into
the city for sale. One day, being very wearied with his long journey,
he sat down by the wayside,and, throwing down his load,
besought death to come. Death immediatelyappeared in answer to his summons, and
(13:58):
asked for what reason he had calledthe old man replied that, lifting up
the load, you may place itagain upon my shoulders. We do not
always like to be taken at ourword. The fox and the leopard,
the fox and the leopard disputed whichwas the more beautiful of the two.
(14:20):
The leopard exhibited one by one thevarious spots which decorated his skin. The
fox, interrupting him, said,and how much more beautiful than you am,
I, who am decorated not inbody but in mind. People are
not to be charged by their coats. The mountain in labor a mountain was
(14:46):
once greatly agitated. Loud groans andnoises were heard, and crowds of people
came from all parts to see whatwas the matter. While they were assembled
in anxious expectation of some terrible calamitout came a mouse. Don't make much
ado about nothing. In the sectionfour
The wolf and the lion. Awolf, having stolen a lamb from a
fold, was carrying him off tohis lair. A lion met him in
the path, and, seizing thelamb, took it from him. The
wolf, standing at a safe distance, exclaimed, you have unrighteously taken from
(00:20):
me that which was mine. Thelion juryingly replied, it was righteously yours.
A Was it the gift of afriend, or did you get it
by purchase? If you did notget it in one way or the other,
how then did you come by it? One thief is no better than
(00:41):
another. The king's son and thepainted lion. A king who had only
one son, fond of martial exercises, had a dream in which he was
warned that his son would be killedby a lion. Afraid lest the dream
should prove true, he built forhis son a pleasant palace and darned its
(01:06):
walls for his amusement with all kindsof animals of the size of life,
along which was the picture of alion. When the young prince saw this,
his grief at being thus confined burstout afresh, and standing near the
lion, he thus spoke, oh, you most detestable of animals, through
(01:26):
a lying dream of my father's whichhe saw in his sleep. I am
shut up on your account in thispalace, as if I had been a
girl. What shall I now doto you? With these words? He
stretched out his hands toward a thorntree, meaning to cut a stick from
(01:47):
its branches that he might beat thelion, when one of its sharp prickles
pierced his finger and caused great painand inflammation, so that the young prince
fell down in a fainting fit.A violent fever suddenly set in, from
which he died not many days later. We had better bear our troubles bravely
(02:07):
than try to escape them. Thetrees and the axe. A man came
into a forest and made a petitionto the trees to provide him a handle
for his axe. The trees consentedto his request and gave him a young
ash tree. No sooner had theman fitted from it a new handle to
(02:30):
his axe, than he began touse it, and quickly felled with his
strokes the noblest giants of the forest. An old oak, lamenting when too
late the destruction of his companions,said to a neighboring cedar, the first
step has lost us all. Ifwe had not given up the rights of
(02:51):
the ash we might yet have retainedour own privileges, and have stood for
ages. In yielding the rights ofothers, we may endanger our own.
The seaside travelers. Some travelers journeyingalong the seashore climbed to the summit of
(03:13):
a tall cliff, and from thence, looking over the sea, saw in
the distance what they thought was alarge ship, and waited in the hope
of seeing it enter the harbor.But as the object on which they looked
was driven by the wind nearer tothe shore, they found that it could
be at most a small boat,and not a ship. When, however,
it reached the beach, they discoveredthat it was only a large fagot
(03:38):
of sticks, and one of themsaid to his companions, we have waited
for no purpose, for after allthere was nothing to see but a faggot.
Our mere anticipations of life outrun itsrealities. The seagull and the kite.
(03:58):
A seagull, who was bore athome swimming on the sea than walking
on the land, was in thehabit of catching live fish for its food.
One day, having bolted down toolarge a fish, It burst its
a deep gallic bag and lay downon the shore to die. A kite,
seeing him, and thinking him aland bird like itself, exclaimed,
(04:20):
you richly deserve your fate. Fora bird of the air has no business
to seek its food from the sea. Every man should be content to mind
his own business. The monkey andthe camel, the beasts of the forest
(04:40):
gave a splendid entertainment, at whichthe monkey stood up and danced. Having
vastly delighted the assembly, he satdown amidst a universal applause. The camel,
envious of the praises bestowed upon themonkey, and desirous to divert to
himself the favor of the guests,proposed to stand up his turn and dance
(05:00):
for their amusement. He moved aboutin so very ridiculous a manner that the
beasts, in a fit of indignation, set upon him with clubs and drove
him out of the assembly. Itis absurd to ape our betters. The
rat and the elephant. A rattraveling on the highway met a huge elephant
(05:27):
bearing his royal master and his suite, and also his favorite cat and dog
and parrot and monkey. The greatbeast and his attendants were followed by an
admiring crowd, taking up all ofthe road. What fools you are,
said the rat to the people,to make such a hubbub over an elephant.
Is it his great bulk that youso much admire? It can only
(05:50):
frighten little boys and girls, AndI can do that as well. I
am a beast as well as he, and have as many legs and ears
and eyes. He has no rightto take up all the highway, which
belongs as much to me as tohim. At this moment, the cat
spied the rat, and, jumpingto the ground, soon convinced him that
(06:13):
he was not an elephant. Becausewe are like the great in one respect,
we must not think we are likethem at all. The fisherman piping,
a fisherman skilled in music, tookhis flute and his nets to the
seashore. Standing on a projecting rock, he played several tunes in the hope
(06:35):
that the fish, attracted by hismelody would have their own accord, danced
into his net, which he hadplaced below. At last, having long
waited in vain, he laid asidehis flute and casting his net into the
sea, made an excellent hall.The Wolf and the house dog. A
(07:00):
wolf meeting with a big, wellfed mastiff having a wooden collar about his
neck, he inquired of him whoit was that fed him so well and
yet compelled him to drag that heavylog about wherever he went. The master,
he replied, then said the wolf. May no friend of mine ever
be in such a plight, forthe weight of this chain is enough to
(07:23):
spoil the appetite. Nothing can compensateus for the loss of our liberty.
The eagle and the kite. Aneagle, overwhelmed with sorrow, sat upon
the branches of a tree in companywith the kite. Why, said the
kite, do I see you withsuch a rueful look? I seek,
(07:46):
she replied, for a mate suitablefor me, and am not able to
find one. Take me, returnedthe kite, I am much stronger than
you are. Why are you ableto secure the means of living by your
plunder? Well? I have oftencaught and carried away an ostrich in my
talons. The eagle, persuaded bythese words, accepted him as her mate.
(08:11):
Shortly after the nuptials, the eaglesaid, fly off and bring me
back the ostrich you promised me.The kite, soaring aloft into the air,
brought back the shabbiest possible mouse.Is this, said the eagle,
the faithful fulfillment of your promise tome? The kit replied that I might
(08:33):
attain to your royal hand, andthere is nothing that I would not have
promised. However much I knew thatI must fail in the performance. Promises
of a suitor must be taken withcaution. The dogs and the hides.
Some dogs, famished with hunger,saw some cowhides steeping in the river.
(08:56):
Not being able to reach them,they agreed to drink the river, but
it fell out that they burst themselveswith drinking long before they reached the hides.
Attempt not impossibilities. The fisherman andthe little fish. A fisherman who
lived on the produce of his nets, one day caught a single small fish
(09:20):
as the results of his day's labor. The fish, panting convulsively, thus
entreated for his life. Oh sir, what good can I be to you?
And how little am I worth?I am not yet come to my
full size. Pray spare my lifeand put me back into the sea.
I shall soon become a large fishfit for the tables of the rich,
(09:43):
and then you can catch me againand make a handsome profit of me.
The fisherman replied, I should bea very simple fellow if I were to
forego by certain gain for an uncertainprofit. The ass and his purchaser.
(10:05):
A man wished to purchase an ass, and agreed with its owner that he
should try him before he bought him. He took the ass home and put
him in the straw yard with hisother asses, upon which he left all
the others, and joined himself atonce to the most idle and the greediest
eater of them all. The manput a halter on him and led him
(10:26):
back to his owner, saying,I do not need a trial. I
know that he will be just suchanother as the one whom he chose for
his companion. A man is knownby the company he keeps, the shepherd
and the sheep. A shepherd,driving his sheep to a wood, saw
(10:50):
an oak of unusual size full ofacorns, and spreading his cloak under the
branches, He climbed up into thetree and shook down the acorns. The
sheep, eating the acorns, frayedand tore the cloak. The shepherd,
coming down and seeing what they haddone, said, oh, you most
ungrateful creatures. You provide wool tomake garments for all other men, but
(11:16):
you destroy the clothes of him whofeed you. The basest in gratitude is
that which injures those who service.The fox and the crow. A crow,
having stolen a bit of meat,perched in a tree and held it
in her beak. A fox,seeing her, longed to possess himself of
(11:39):
the meat, and by a wilystratagem, succeeded. How handsome is the
crow, he exclaimed, in thebeauty of her shape, and in the
fairness of her complexion. Oh,if her voice were only equal to her
beauty, she would deservedly be consideredthe queen of birds. This, he
(12:00):
said, deceitfully, having greater admirationfor the meat than for the crow.
But the crow, all her vanity, aroused by the cunning flattery, and
anxious to refute the reflection cast uponher voice, set up a loud caw
and dropped the meat. The foxquickly picked it up, and thus addressed
(12:20):
the crow, My good crow,your voice is right enough, but your
wit is wanting. He who listensto flattery is not wise, for it
has no good purpose. The swallowand the crow. The swallow and the
crow had a contention about their plumage. The crow put an end to the
(12:45):
dispute by saying, your feathers areall very well in the spring, but
mine protect me against the winter.Fine weather, friends are not worth much.
The hen and the golden eggs.A cottager and his wife had a
hen which laid every day a goldenegg. They supposed that it must contain
(13:09):
a great lump of gold in itsinside, and killed it in order that
they might get it. When,to their surprise they found that the hen
differed in no respect from their otherhens. The foolish pair, thus,
hoping to become rich, all atonce deprived themselves of the gain of which
they were day by day assured.The old man and Death. An old
(13:37):
man was employed in cutting wood inthe forest and in carrying the fagots into
the city for sale. One day, being very wearied with his long journey,
he sat down by the wayside,and, throwing down his load,
besought death to come. Death immediatelyappeared in answer to his summons, and
(13:58):
asked for what reason he had calledthe old man replied that, lifting up
the load, you may place itagain upon my shoulders. We do not
always like to be taken at ourword. The fox and the leopard,
the fox and the leopard disputed whichwas the more beautiful of the two.
(14:20):
The leopard exhibited one by one thevarious spots which decorated his skin. The
fox, interrupting him, said,and how much more beautiful than you am,
I, who am decorated not inbody but in mind. People are
not to be charged by their coats. The mountain in labor a mountain was
(14:46):
once greatly agitated. Loud groans andnoises were heard, and crowds of people
came from all parts to see whatwas the matter. While they were assembled
in anxious expectation of some terrible calamitout came a mouse. Don't make much
ado about nothing. In the sectionfour
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