The Buffoon and the Countryman
The
Buffoon and the Countryman
At a country fair there
was a Buffoon who made all the people laugh by imitating the cries of various
animals. He finished off by squeaking so like a pig that the spectators thought
that he had a porker concealed about him. But a Countryman who stood by said. “Call
that a pig s squeak! Nothing like it. You give me till tomorrow and I will show
you what it’s like.” The audience laughed, but next day, sure enough, the
Countryman appeared on the stage, and putting his head down squealed so
hideously that the spectators hissed and threw stones at him to make him stop.
“You fools!” he cried, “see what you have been hissing,” and held up a little
pig whose ear he had been pinching to make him utter the squeals. Men often
applaud an imitation and hiss the real thing.
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