The Ass’s Brains
The
Ass’s Brains
The Lion and the Fox went
hunting together. The Lion, on the advice of the Fox, sent a message to the
Ass, proposing to make an alliance between their two families. The Ass came to
the place of meeting, overjoyed at the prospect of a royal alliance. But when
he came there the Lion simply pounced on the Ass and said to the Fox “Here is
our dinner for to-day. Watch you here while I go and have a nap. Woe betide you
if you touch my prey.” The Lion went away and the Fox waited but finding that
his master did not return, ventured to take out the brains of the Ass and ate
them up. When the Lion came back, he soon noticed the absence of the brains and
asked the Fox in a terrible voice. “What have you done with the brains?”
“Brains, your Majesty! It had none, or it would never have fallen into your
trap.” Wit has always an answer ready.
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