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Aesop's Fables, Volume 08 (Fables 176-200) - Aesop · Complete Classic Drama Stories

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  Speaker 1: The Wolf and the Goat. A wolf caught sight of
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  Speaker 1: a goat browsing above him on the scanty herbage that
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  Speaker 1: grew on the top of a steep rock, and, being
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  Speaker 1: unable to get at her, tried to induce her to
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  Speaker 1: come lower down. You are risking your life up there, madam.
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  Speaker 1: Indeed you are, he called out. Pray, take my advice
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  Speaker 1: and come down here, where you will find plenty of
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  Speaker 1: better food. The goat turned a knowing eye upon him.
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  Speaker 1: It's little you care whether I get good grass or bad,
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  Speaker 1: said she. What you want is to eat me. End
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  Speaker 1: of The Wolf and the Goat. This is a LibriVox recording.
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  Speaker 1: by Mike Phillips Esop's fables The Six Stag. A stag
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  Speaker 1: fell sick and lay in a clearing in the forest,
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  Speaker 1: too weak to move from the spot. When the news
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  Speaker 1: of his illness spread. A number of the other beasts
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  Speaker 1: came to inquire after his health, and they won, and
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  Speaker 1: all nibbled a little of the grass that grew round
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  Speaker 1: the invalid, till at last there was not a blade
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  Speaker 1: within his reach. In a few days he began to mend,
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  Speaker 1: but was still too feeble to get up and go
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  Speaker 1: in search of fodder, and thus he perished miserably of hunger,
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  Speaker 1: owing to the thoughtlessness of his friends. End of the
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  Speaker 1: fables The Ass and the Mule. A certain man who
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  Speaker 1: had an ass and a mule loaded them both up
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  Speaker 1: one day and set out upon a journey. So long
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  Speaker 1: as the road was fairly level. The ass got on
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  Speaker 1: very well, but by and by they came to a
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  Speaker 1: place among the hills where the road was very rough
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  Speaker 1: and steep, and the ass was at his last gasp.
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  Speaker 1: So he begged the mule to relieve him of part
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  Speaker 1: of his load, but the mule refused. At last from
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  Speaker 1: sheer weariness. The ass stumbled and fell down a steep
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  Speaker 1: place and was killed. The driver was in despair, but
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  Speaker 1: he did the best he could. He added the asses
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  Speaker 1: load to the mules, and he also flayed the ass
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  Speaker 1: and put his skin on the top of the double load.
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  Speaker 1: The mule could only just manage the extra weight, and
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  Speaker 1: as he staggered painfully along, he said to himself, I
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  Speaker 1: have only got what I deserved. If I had been
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  Speaker 1: willing to help the ass at first, I should not
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  Speaker 1: now be carrying his load and his skin into the
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  Speaker 1: bargain end of the ass and the mule. This is
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  Speaker 1: Recorded by Mike Phillips Esop's fables. Brother and Sister. A
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  Speaker 1: certain man had two children, a boy and a girl,
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  Speaker 1: and the boy was as good looking as the girl
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  Speaker 1: was playing. One day, as they were playing together in
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  Speaker 1: their mother's chamber, they chanced upon a mirror and saw
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  Speaker 1: their own features for the first time. The boy saw
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  Speaker 1: what a handsome fellow he was, and began to boast
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  Speaker 1: to his sister about his good looks. She, on her part,
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  Speaker 1: was ready to cry with the vexation when she was
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  Speaker 1: aware of her plainness, and took his remarks as an
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  Speaker 1: insult to herself. Running to her father, she told him
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  Speaker 1: of her brother's conceit and accused him of meddling with
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  Speaker 1: his mother's things. He laughed and kissed them both, and said,
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  Speaker 1: my children, learn from now onwards to make a good
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  Speaker 1: use of the glass. You, my boy, strive to be
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  Speaker 1: as good as it shows you to be handsome. And you,
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  Speaker 1: my girl, resolved to make up for the plainness of
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  Speaker 1: your features by the sweetness of your disposition. End of
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  Speaker 1: Phillips Esop's fables The Heifer and the Ox. A heifer
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  Speaker 1: went up to an ox who was straining heart at
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  Speaker 1: the plow, and sympathized with him in a rather patronizing
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  Speaker 1: sort of way on the necessity of his having to
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  Speaker 1: work so hard. Not long afterwards, there was a festival
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  Speaker 1: in the village, and everyone kept holiday. But whereas the
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  Speaker 1: ox was turned loose into the pasture. The heifer was
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  Speaker 1: seized and led off to sacrifice. Ah said the ox
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  Speaker 1: with a grim smile. I see now why you were
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  Speaker 1: allowed to have such an idle time. It was because
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  Speaker 1: you were always intended for the altar end of the
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  Speaker 1: heifer and the ox.
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  Speaker 2: The Kingdom of the Lion. When the Lion reigned over
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  Speaker 2: the beasts of the earth, he was never cruel or tyrannical,
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  Speaker 2: but as gentle and just as a king ought to be.
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  Speaker 2: During his reign, he called a general assembly of the
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  Speaker 2: beasts and drew up a code of laws under which
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  Speaker 2: all were to live in perfect equality and harmony. The
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  Speaker 2: wolf and the lamb, the tiger and the stag, the
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  Speaker 2: leopard and the kid, the dog and the hair, all
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  Speaker 2: should dwell side by side in unbroken peace and friendship.
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  Speaker 2: The hare said, Oh, how I have longed for this
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  Speaker 2: day when the weak take their place without fear by
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  Speaker 2: the side of the strong. End of the Kingdom of
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  Speaker 2: The Ass and his Driver. An ass was being driven
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  Speaker 2: down a mountain road, and after jogging along for a
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  Speaker 2: while sensibly enough, he suddenly quitted the track and rushed
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  Speaker 2: to the edge of a precipice. He was just about
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  Speaker 2: to leap over the edge when his driver caught hold
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  Speaker 2: of his tail and did his best to pull him back.
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  Speaker 2: But pull as he might, he couldn't get the ass
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  Speaker 2: to budge from the brink. At last he gave up, crying,
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  Speaker 2: All right, then get to the bottom your own way.
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  Speaker 2: But it's the way to sudden death, as you'll find
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  Speaker 2: out quick enough. And of the Ass and his Driver.
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  Speaker 2: The Lion and the Hare. A lion found a hare
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  Speaker 2: sleeping in her form and was just going to devour her.
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  Speaker 2: When he caught sight of a passing stag dropping the hare,
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  Speaker 2: he at once made for the bigger game, but finding
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  Speaker 2: after a long chase that he could not overtake the stag,
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  Speaker 2: he abandoned the attempt and came back for the hair.
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  Speaker 2: When he reached the spot, however, he found she was
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  Speaker 2: nowhere to be seen, and he had to go without
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  Speaker 2: his dinner. It serves me right, he said, I should
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  Speaker 2: have been content with what I had got instead of
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  Speaker 2: hankering after a better prize. And of the lion and
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  Speaker 2: fables The Wolves and the Dogs. Once upon a time,
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  Speaker 2: the wolves said to the dogs, why should we continue
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  Speaker 2: to be enemies any longer? You are very like us
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  Speaker 2: in most ways. The main difference between us is one
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  Speaker 2: of training. Only. We live a life of freedom, But
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  Speaker 2: you are enslaved to mankind, who beat you and put
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  Speaker 2: heavy collars round your necks, and compel you to keep
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  Speaker 2: watch over their flocks and herds for them, and to
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  Speaker 2: crown all. They give you nothing but bones to eat.
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  Speaker 2: Don't put up with it any longer, but hand over
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  Speaker 2: the flocks to us, and we will all live on
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  Speaker 2: the fat of the land and feast together. The dogs
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  Speaker 2: allowed themselves to be persuaded by these words, and accompanied
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  Speaker 2: the wolves into their den. But no sooner were they
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  Speaker 2: well inside than the wolves set upon them and tore
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  Speaker 2: them to pieces. Traders richly deserve their fate and of
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  Speaker 2: A full grown bull was struggling to force his huge
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  Speaker 2: bulk through the narrow entrance to a cowhouse where his
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  Speaker 2: stone as all was when a young calf came up
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  Speaker 2: and said to him, if you'll step aside a moment,
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  Speaker 2: I'll show you the way to get through. The bull
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  Speaker 2: turned upon him an amused look, I knew that way,
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  Speaker 2: said he before you were born. End of the Bull
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  Speaker 2: and the Calf.
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  Speaker 3: A woodman went into the forest and begged of the
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  Speaker 3: trees the favor of a handle for his axe. The
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  Speaker 3: principal trees at once agreed to so modest a request,
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  Speaker 3: and unhesitatingly gave him a young ash sap, out of
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  Speaker 3: which he fashioned the handle he desired. No sooner had
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  Speaker 3: he done so, than he set to work to fell
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  Speaker 3: the noblest trees in the wood. When they saw the
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  Speaker 3: use to which he was putting their gift, they cried, alas, alas,
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  Speaker 3: we are undone, but we are ourselves to blame. The
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  Speaker 3: little we gave has cost us all. Had we not
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  Speaker 3: sacrificed the rights of the ash, we might ourselves had
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  Speaker 3: stood for ages, and of the trees and the axe.
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  Speaker 4: Aceps Fables The astronomer. There was once an astronomer whose
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  Speaker 4: habit it was to go out at night and observe
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  Speaker 4: the stars. One night, as he was walking about outside
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  Speaker 4: the town gates, gazing up, observed into the sky, and
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  Speaker 4: not looking where he was going, he fell into a
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  Speaker 4: dry well. As he lay there groaning, some one passing
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  Speaker 4: by hurt him, and, coming to the edge of the well,
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  Speaker 4: looked down, and, on learning what had happened, said, if
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  Speaker 4: you really mean to say that you were looking so
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  Speaker 4: hard at the sky that you didn't even see where
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  Speaker 4: your feet were carrying you along the ground, it appears
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  Speaker 4: to me that you deserve all you've got and of
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  Speaker 4: the Astronomer. Read by Marian Marguititch, Hungary on March fifth,
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  Speaker 4: two thousand and six, Guttingen, Germany. This is a librivoxy cording.
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  Speaker 4: reading by Marian Marketed, Hungary Aesop's fables The Astronomer. There
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  Speaker 4: was once an astronomer whose habit it was to go
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  Speaker 4: out at night and observe the stars. One night, as
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  Speaker 4: he was walking about outside the town gates, gazing up,
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  Speaker 4: absorbed into the sky, and not looking where he was going,
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  Speaker 4: he fell into a dry well. As he lay there groaning,
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  Speaker 4: some one passing by hurt him, and, coming to the
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  Speaker 4: edge of the well, looked down, and, on learning what
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  Speaker 4: had happened, said.
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  Speaker 5: If you really mean to say that you were looking
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  Speaker 5: so lord at this COI that you didn't even see
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  Speaker 5: where your feet were carrying you along the ground, it
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  Speaker 5: appears to me that you deserve all you've got and
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  Speaker 5: of the astronomer read by Marion Marguitch, Hungary on March fifth,
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  Speaker 5: two thousand and six, gettingen in Germany.
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  Speaker 3: Brown Voice dot com. Asop's fables, the cage Bird and
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  Speaker 3: the Bat, a singing bird was confined in a cage
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  Speaker 3: which hung outside a window and had a way of
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  Speaker 3: singing at night when all the other birds were asleep.
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  Speaker 3: One night, a bat came and clung to the bars
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  Speaker 3: of the cave and asked the bird why she was
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  Speaker 3: silent by day and sang only at night. I have
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  Speaker 3: a very good reason for doing so, said the bird.
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  Speaker 3: It was once when I was singing in the daytime
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  Speaker 3: that a fowler was attracted by my voice and set
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  Speaker 3: his nets for me and caught me. Since then, I
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  Speaker 3: have never sung except by night. But the bat replied,
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  Speaker 3: it is no use your doing so that now you
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  Speaker 3: are a prisoner. If only you had done so before
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  Speaker 3: you were caught, you might still have been free. Precautions
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  Speaker 3: are useless after the event. End of the Cage Bird
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  Speaker 3: Ass and the Purchaser, a man who wanted to buy
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  Speaker 3: an ass went to the market, and, coming across a
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  Speaker 3: likely beast, arranged with the owner that he should be
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  Speaker 3: allowed to take him home on trial to see what
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  Speaker 3: he was like. When he reached home, he put him
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  Speaker 3: into his stable along with the other asses. The newcomer
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  Speaker 3: took a look around and immediately went and chose a
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  Speaker 3: place next to the laziest and greediest beast in the stable.
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  Speaker 3: When the master saw this, he put a halter on
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  Speaker 3: him at once and led him off and ended him
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  Speaker 3: over to his owner again. The latter was a great
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  Speaker 3: deal surprised to see him back so soon, and said,
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  Speaker 3: why do you mean you've had him tested already? I
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  Speaker 3: don't want to put him through any more tests, said
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  Speaker 3: the other. I could see what kind of beast he
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  Speaker 3: is from the companion he chose for himself. A man
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  Speaker 3: is known by the company he keeps. This is a
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  Speaker 3: Aesop's fables, The Kid and the Wolf. A kid strayed
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  Speaker 3: from the flock and was chased by a wolf. When
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  Speaker 3: he saw he must be caught, he turned round and
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  Speaker 3: said to the wolf, I know, sir, that I can't
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  Speaker 3: escape being eaten by you, and so as my life
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  Speaker 3: is bound to be short, I pray you let it
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  Speaker 3: be as merry as b Will you not play me
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  Speaker 3: a tune to dance to before I die? The wolf
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  Speaker 3: saw no objection to having some music before his dinner,
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  Speaker 3: so he took out his pipe and began to play
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  Speaker 3: while the kid danced before him. Before many minutes were passed,
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  Speaker 3: the gods who guarded the flocked heard the sound and
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  Speaker 3: came up to see what was going on. They no
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  Speaker 3: sooner clapped eyes on the wolf than they gave chase
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  Speaker 3: and drove him away. As he ran off, he turned
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  Speaker 3: and said to the kid, it's what I thoroughly deserve.
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  Speaker 3: My trade is the butcher's, and I had no business
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  Speaker 3: to turn piper to please you. The end of the
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  Speaker 3: Kid and the Wolf.
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  Speaker 6: sal a man of Athens fell into debt and was
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  Speaker 6: pressed for the money by his creditor, But he had
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  Speaker 6: no means of paying at the time, so he begged
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  Speaker 6: for delay, but the creditor refused and said he must
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  Speaker 6: pay at once. Then the debtor fetched the sow, the
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  Speaker 6: only one he had, and took her to market to
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  Speaker 6: offer her for sale. It happened that his creditor was
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  Speaker 6: there too. Presently a buyer came along and asked if
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  Speaker 6: the sal produced good litters. Yes, said the debtor, very
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  Speaker 6: fine ones. And the remarkable thing is that she produces
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  Speaker 6: females at the mysteries and males at the Panathenia festivals.
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  Speaker 6: These were, and the Athenians always sacrificed a salat wine
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  Speaker 6: and aboar the other, while at the Dionysia they sacrificed
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  Speaker 6: a kid at that The creditor, who was standing by,
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  Speaker 6: put in, don't be surprised, sir, why still better at
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  Speaker 6: the Dionysia. This sow has kids. End of Aesop's fables,
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  Speaker 6: The Bald Huntsman a man who had lost all his
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  Speaker 6: hair took to wearing a wig, and one day he
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  Speaker 6: went out hunting. It was blowing rather hard at the time,
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  Speaker 6: and he hadn't gone far before a gust of wind
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  Speaker 6: caught his hat and carried it off and his wig
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  Speaker 6: too much to the amusement of the hunt. But he
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  Speaker 6: quite entered into the joke and said, ah, well, the
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  Speaker 6: hair that wig is made of didn't stick to the
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  Speaker 6: head on which it grew, so it's no wonder it
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  Speaker 6: won't stick to mine. End of Aesop's The Bald Huntsman.
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  Speaker 6: Lost Bull. A herdsman was tending his cattle when he
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  Speaker 6: missed a young bull, one of the finest of the herd.
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  Speaker 6: He went at once to look for him, but meeting
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  Speaker 6: with no success in his search, he made a vow
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  Speaker 6: that if he should discover the thief, he would sacrifice
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  Speaker 6: a calf to Jupiter. Continuing his search, he entered a
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  Speaker 6: thicket where he presently a spied a lion devouring the
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  Speaker 6: lost bull. Terrified with fear, he raised his hands to
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  Speaker 6: heaven and cried, Great Jupiter. I vowed I would sacrifice
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  Speaker 6: a calf to thee if I should discover the thief.
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  Speaker 6: But now a full grown bull, I promised thee if
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  Speaker 6: only I myself escape unhurt from his clutches. And of
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  Speaker 6: Aesop's fables The Herdsman and the Lost Bull.
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  Speaker 4: reading by Marian Margitich Hungary Asop's fables The Mule. One morning,
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  Speaker 4: a mule, who had too much to eat and too
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  Speaker 4: little to do, began to think himself a very fine fellow, indeed,
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  Speaker 4: and frixtabout, saying, my father was undoubtedly a high spirited horse,
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  Speaker 4: and I take after him entirely. But very soon afterwards
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  Speaker 4: he was put into the harness and compelled to go
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  Speaker 4: a very long way with a heavy load behind him.
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  Speaker 4: At the end of the day, exhausted by his unusual exertions,
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  Speaker 4: he said dejectedly to himself, I must have been mistaken
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  Speaker 4: about my father. He can only have been an s
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  Speaker 4: after all. And of the Mule, read by Marian Marketage,
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  Speaker 4: Hungary on a March eighth, two thousand and six, Guttingen, Germany.
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  Speaker 4: Acep's fables The Hound and the Fox. A hound roaming
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  Speaker 4: in the forest spied a lion, and, being well used
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  Speaker 4: to lesser gain, gave chase, thinking he would make a
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  Speaker 4: fine quarry. Presently, the lion perceived that he was being pursued,
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  Speaker 4: say stopping short, he rounded on his pursuer and gave
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  Speaker 4: a loud roar. The hound immediately turned tail and flat.
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  Speaker 4: A fox, saying him running away. Juror as him and said, ho, ho,
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  Speaker 4: there goes the coward to changed the lion and ran
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  Speaker 4: away the moment he roared. End of The Hound and
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  Speaker 4: the Fox read by Aaron Mark Ditch, Hungary on March tenth,
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  Speaker 4: two thousand and six, Coussingen, Germany.
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  Speaker 7: visit LibriVox dot org. Asop's fables, The Father and his Daughters.
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  Speaker 7: A man had two daughters, one of whom he gave
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  Speaker 7: in marriage to a gardener and the other to a potter.
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  Speaker 7: After a time, he thought he would go and see
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  Speaker 7: how they were getting on, and first he went to
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  Speaker 7: the gardener's wife. He asked her how she was and
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  Speaker 7: how things were going with herself and with her husband.
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  Speaker 7: She replied that on the whole they were doing very well,
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  Speaker 7: but she continued, I do wish we could have some good,
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  Speaker 7: heavy rain. The gardener wants it badly. Then he went
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  Speaker 7: on to the potter's wife and made the same inquiries
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  Speaker 7: of her. She replied that she and her husband had
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  Speaker 7: nothing to complain of, but she went on, I do
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  Speaker 7: wish we could have some nice dry weather to dry
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  Speaker 7: the pottery. Her father looked at her with a humorous
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  Speaker 7: expression on his face. You want dry weather, he said,
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  Speaker 7: and your sister wants rain. I was going to ask
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  Speaker 7: in my prayers that your wishes should be granted, but
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  Speaker 7: now it strikes me I had better not refer to
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  Speaker 7: the subject. The end of the Father and his Daughters.
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  Speaker 7: visit LibriVox dot org. The Thief and the Innkeeper. A
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  Speaker 7: thief hired a room at an inn, and stayed there
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  Speaker 7: some days on the lookout for something to steal. No opportunity, however,
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  Speaker 7: presented itself, till one day, when there was a festival
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  Speaker 7: to be celebrated. The innkeeper appeared in a fine new
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  Speaker 7: coat and sat down before the door of the inn
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  Speaker 7: for an airing. The thief no sooner set eyes upon
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  Speaker 7: that coat than he longed to get possession of it.
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  Speaker 7: There was no business doing so, he went and took
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  Speaker 7: a seat by the side of the innkeeper and began
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  Speaker 7: talking to him. They conversed together for some time, and
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  Speaker 7: then the thief suddenly yawned and howled like a wolf.
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  Speaker 7: The innkeeper asked him, in some concern what ailed him.
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  Speaker 7: The thief replied, I will tell you about myself, sir,
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  Speaker 7: but first I must beg you to take charge of
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  Speaker 7: my clothes for me, for I intend to leave them
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  Speaker 7: with you. Why I have these fits of yawning, I
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  Speaker 7: cannot tell you. Maybe they are sent as a punishment
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  Speaker 7: for my misdeeds. But whatever the reason, the facts are
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  Speaker 7: that when I have yawned three times, I become a
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  Speaker 7: ravening wolf and fly at men's throats. As he finished speaking,
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  Speaker 7: he yawned a second time and howled again as before.
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  Speaker 7: The innkeeper, believing every word he said and terrified at
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  Speaker 7: the prospect of being confronted with a wolf, got up
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  Speaker 7: hastily and started to run indoors, but the thief caught
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  Speaker 7: him by the coat and tried to stop him, crying, stay, sir,
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  Speaker 7: stay and take charge of my clothes, or else I
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  Speaker 7: shall never see them again. As he spoke, he opened
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  Speaker 7: his mouth and began to yawn for a third time.
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  Speaker 7: The innkeeper, mad with the fear of being eaten by
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  Speaker 7: a wolf, slipped out of his coat, which remained in
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  Speaker 7: the other's hands, and bore into the inn and locked
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  Speaker 7: the door behind him. And the thief then quietly stole
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  Speaker 7: off with his spoil. The end of the Thief and
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  Speaker 7: the Innkeeper.
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  Speaker 6: Marion Brown, Toronto, Canada. Aesop's Fables by Aesop, Volume eight,
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  Speaker 6: The Packass and the wild Ass. A wild ass who
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  Speaker 6: was wandering idly about one day came upon a packass
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  Speaker 6: lying at full length in a sunny spot and thoroughly
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  Speaker 6: enjoying himself. Going up to him, he said, what a
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  Speaker 6: lucky beast you are. Your sleek coat shows how well
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  Speaker 6: you live. How I envy you. Not long after, the
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  Speaker 6: wild Ass saw his acquaintance again, but this time he
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  Speaker 6: was carrying a heavy load, and his driver was following
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  Speaker 6: behind and beating him with a thick stick. Ah, my friends,
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  Speaker 6: said the wild Ass, I don't envy you any more,
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  Speaker 6: for I see you pay dear for your comforts. Advantages
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  Speaker 6: that are dearly bought are doubtful blessings. End of the
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  Speaker 6: pack Ass and the wild Ass. This is a LibriVox recording.
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  Speaker 6: Fables by Aesop, Volume eight, The Ass and his Masters.
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  Speaker 6: A gardener had an ass which had a very hard
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  Speaker 6: time of it, what with scanty food, heavy loads, and
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  Speaker 6: constant beating. The ass therefore begged Jupiter to take him
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  Speaker 6: away from the gardener and hand him over to another master.
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  Speaker 6: So Jupiter sent Mercury to the gardener to bid him
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  Speaker 6: sell the ass to a potter, which he did. But
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  Speaker 6: the ass was as discontented as ever, for he had
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  Speaker 6: to work harder than before. So he begged Jupiter for
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  Speaker 6: relief a second time, and Jupiter very obligingly arranged that
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  Speaker 6: he should be sold to a tanner. But when the
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  Speaker 6: ass saw what his new master's trade was, he cried
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  Speaker 6: in despair. Why wasn't I content to serve either of
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  Speaker 6: my former masters, hard as I had to work, and
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  Speaker 6: badly as I was treated, For they would have buried
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  Speaker 6: me decently. But now I shall come in the end
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  Speaker 6: to the tanning. Vat servants don't know a good master
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  Speaker 6: till they have served a worse. And of the Ass
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  Speaker 6: and his masters,