Filed under: Classical Writing
Once there was a mouse and as he was scampering home, he saw a lion sleeping in a clearing, and so, for some odd reason, he decided it would be fun to run all over the lion and of course the lion soon awakened and trapped him under a mammoth paw. But just as he was about to snap up the mouse, the mouse pleaded, “Please King Lion, forgive me this once and I’ll never forget it; I might even be able to do you a good turn someday.” So the lion, deeply amused by the notion that a mouse could help him, let the mouse go. Soon after the incident, the lion was trapped by hunters and snagged in a net. The mouse, hearing the lion’s frightful roars, stopped to see what was the matter; when he saw what had happened he resolved to gnaw through the net and, after a while, freed the lion. The lion was very grateful, and the two remained lifelong friends.
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Filed under: Classical Writing
A Fox once saw a Crow lifting off from a farm with a piece of cheese clamped in her beak, and flying off, land on a branch of an oak tree. “That’s for me!” Thought the Fox, as he padded up to the foot of the tree. “Good day Mistress Crow,” he exclaimed. “How wonderful you look; how bright your plumage; how your eyes sparkle. I am sure that none can surpass your voice, just as none can compare with your figure; let me but hear one song from you that I may hail you as the Queen of Birds.” The Crow, swelling with pride, began to caw her best, but the moment she opened her mouth to sing, the piece of cheese fell from on high. . . only to land in the waiting jaws of Master Fox. “Thank you,” said he, “That was all I wanted. But in exchange for your piece of cheese I’ll give you a piece of advice:”
“Do not trust flatterers.”
