The Ass in the Lion's Skin.224 by TownsendAN ASS, having put on the Lion's skin, roamed about in the forest and amused himself by frightening all the foolish animals he met in his wanderings. At last coming upon a Fox, he tried to frighten him also, but the Fox no sooner heard the sound of his voice than he exclaimed, "I might possibly have been frightened myself, if I had not heard your bray." Pe188=Ch267, CS16, Jacobs49. TMI J951.1. Type214B THE ASS IN THE LION'S SKIN. by Ernest Griset.AN ASS finding the skin of a Lion, put it on, and in that disguise spread terror through all the neighbourhood round. His master, however, spying his long ears, and recognising his voice, took a stout cudgel, and soon made him sensible that he was no more than an Ass. Babrius139=Pe358=Ch279, Avi5, Cax7.4, Laf5.21, TMI J951.1. Type214B THE ASS IN THE TIGER SKIN. (HITOPADESA from INDIA)Said the King to the Birds: "The Ass, who had
been fed on good corn, and fell to braying ignorantly in
the hide of a Tiger, was slain for his
impertinence." Pancatantra4.5, Hito3.2 |