EBOOK FABLES FOR THE TIMES ***
Produced by David Newman, Clare Boothby and the Online Distributed
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Fables for the Times.
_By_ H.W. Phillips.
_Illustrated by_ T.R. Sullivant.
Contents
The Baa-Sheep and the Lion
The Dog and the Meat
The Fox and the Grapes
The Fox and the Crow
The Ass in the Lion's Skin
The Horse and the Oyster
The Monkey and the Ass
The Merchant and the Fool
The Wolf and the Sheep
The Ambitious Hippopotamus
The Man and the Serpent
The Appreciative Man
On the Not-Altogether-Credible Habits of the Ostrich
The Idol and the Ass
The Bee and Jupiter
The Lion and the Boar
The Tiger and the Deer
The Old Man, His Son and the Ass
The Shipwrecked Traveler
The Discontented Woman
The Baa-Sheep and the Lion.
A baa-sheep was lying under the paw of a black-maned lion. Whatever was
going to be done had to be done quickly. A thought flashed upon the sheep
and he said:
"Most dread lord and master, I have heard your voice extolled beyond that
of all others. Will you not sing me a little selection from Wagner before I
die?"
The lion, touched in his vanity, immediately started up and roared away
until the goose-flesh stood out on the rocks. When he had finished, the
sheep was in tears.
"What means this?" growled the lion in a rage. "Do you presume to criticise
my singing?"
"Oh, no!" sobbed the sheep.
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