many a day before this river has all run by. You will never sell your butter and
cheese if you wait for that."
The Playful Ass
An Ass climbed up to the roof of a building and, frisking about there, broke in
the tiling. His Master went up after him, and quickly drove him down, beating
him severely with a thick wooden cudgel.
The Ass then cried out in astonishment, "Why, I saw the monkey do this very
thing yesterday, and you all laughed heartily, as if it afforded you great
amusement!"
The Boys and the Frogs
Some idle boys, playing near a pond, saw a number of Frogs in the water, and
began to pelt them with stones. They had killed several of them, when one of the
Frogs, lifting his head out of the water, cried out: "Pray stop, my Boys: you
forget that what is sport to you is death to us!"
The Camel and His Master
One night a Camel looked into the tent where his Master was lying and said:
"Kind Master, will you not let me put my head inside of the door? The wind
blows very cold to-night."
"Oh, yes," said the Man. "There is plenty of room."
So the Camel moved forward and stretched his head into the tent. "Ah!" he said,
"this is what I call comfort."
In a little while he called to his Master again. "Now if I could only warm my
neck also," he said.
"Then put your neck inside," said his Master, kindly. "You will not be in my