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AESOP STARTED ITr[E ART ofspinning fable* did not die out with Aesop and La Fontaine. 11 flourishes to this very day in many par tit of the world, particularly among politicians, husbands and wive#, and small boys etiught red-handed at something they shouldn’t be doing.The best kind of fable points a moral, as La Fontaine himself explained:We yau'tt at sermons, but we gladly turn To moral tales, and so amused we learn.proposing immediate abolition of wings.The eagle, eying the bull, thought the principle was sound, but believed it was horns, not wings, that needed cutting. The bull, sneering at the tiger, cried, “Horns are a necessity. Let us abolish claws.*’The bear lumbered to bis feet and suggested a happy compromise. “Let’s abolish every form of defense, he thundered, “and then I will take you all into my embrace.A MOUSE lived in constant terror of the cat. so a magician took pity on it and turned it into a cat.Bennett CerfAN INDIAN PRINCESS whohad fasted for a week, was led to a row of ripe, golden com and told. “You may have as many ears for yourself as you can hold in your arms. There was only one reservation: she could not retrace her footsteps.She began moving slowly down the row, fingering many ears, but leaving all of them on the stalks. “The ones ahead. she told herself. “will be even better.Suddenly, hpwever, she found herself at the end of the row — and she had gathered not a single ear of com! All ofImmediately, however, it became afraid of the dog. So the magician turned it into a dog. Now it began to fear the wild boar. So the magician obliged again and turned it into a boar. Immediately it cringed in terror at the thought of the hunter.The magician concluded wearily, “I may as well turn you back into a mouse, my pathetic friend. You have only the heart of a mouse, and, alus, I cannot help you.’••which, of course, is another way of stating that old adage about a bird in the hand.THE BEASTS of the jungle once called a disarmament conference which opened with everybody in high animal spirits. The lion started the ball rolling by glaring meaningfully at the eagle, andTHE LAST STRAW. A vain young creature in Wilkes-Harre, Pa., craved a pearl necklace. One dark night a genie appeared before her and said. “Make one wish. It will come true by morning.”The young creature murmured ecstatically, “Give me what I need for my neck. When she awoke she found next to her pillow a box containing six cakes of soap.AC» 9-TW— 11-11 -51
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Evening Star
Washington, Washington-DC, US
Sun, Nov 11, 1951
Page 32
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