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Aesop's Fables: Townsend (1867)112. The Playful Ass (Perry 359) AN ASS climbed up to the roof of a building, and frisking about there, broke in the tiling. The owner went up after him and quickly drove him down, beating him severely with a thick wooden cudgel. The Ass said, 'Why, I saw the Monkey do this very thing yesterday, and you all laughed heartily, as if it afforded you very great amusement.' George Fyler Townsend's translation of the fables, first published in 1867, is in the public domain and can be found at many websites, including Project Gutenberg. Illustrations come from: Aesop's Fables, by George Fyler Townsend, with illustrations by Harrison Weir, 1867, at Google Books. |
