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Aesop's Fables: Babrius

Babrius 125 = Perry 359

Ὄνος τις ἀναβὰς εἰς τὸ δῶμα καὶ παίζων
τὸν κέραμον ἔθλα, καί τις αὐτὸν ἀνθρώπων
ἐπιδραμὼν κατῆγε τῷ ξύλῳ παίων.
ὁ δ' ὄνος πρὸς αὐτόν, ὡς τὸ νῶτον ἠλγήκει,
"καὶ μὴν πίθηκος ἐχθές" εἶπε "καὶ πρώην
ἔτερπεν ὑμᾶς αὐτὸ τοῦτο ποιήσας."

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