The Ass And The Lapdog |
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The Ass And The Lapdog
The Ass And The Lapdog
A Farmer one day came to the stables to see to his beasts of burden:
among them was his favourite Ass, that was always well fed and often carried
his master. With the Farmer came his Lapdog, who danced about and licked his
hand and frisked about as happy as could be. The Farmer felt in his pocket,
gave the Lapdog some dainty food, and sat down while he gave his orders to his
servants. The Lapdog jumped into his master`s lap, and lay there blinking
while the Farmer stroked his ears. The Ass, seeing this, broke loose from his
halter and commenced prancing about in imitation of the Lapdog. The Farmer
could not hold his sides with laughter, so the Ass went up to him, and putting
his feet upon the Farmer`s shoulder attempted to climb into his lap. The
Farmer`s servants rushed up with sticks and pitchforks and soon taught the Ass
that
"Clumsy Jesting Is No Joke."
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