Aesop's fables . ldren, andthe Miller heard them say, What a selfish old man ! Hehimself rides in comfort, butlets his poor little boy follow as best he can on his ownlegs! So he made his Son get up behind him. Furtheralong the road they met some travellers, who asked theMiller whether the Ass he was riding was his own pro-perty, or a beast hired for the occasion. He replied thatit was his own, and that he wastakmg it to market to sell. Goodheavens ! said they, * with a loadlike that the poor beast will be soexhausted by the time he gets therethat no one will look at him. Why,youd do better to
Aesop's fables . ldren, andthe Miller heard them say, What a selfish old man ! Hehimself rides in comfort, butlets his poor little boy follow as best he can on his ownlegs! So he made his Son get up behind him. Furtheralong the road they met some travellers, who asked theMiller whether the Ass he was riding was his own pro-perty, or a beast hired for the occasion. He replied thatit was his own, and that he wastakmg it to market to sell. Goodheavens ! said they, * with a loadlike that the poor beast will be soexhausted by the time he gets therethat no one will look at him. Why,youd do better to carry him! *Anything to please you, said the old man, we canbut try. So they got off, tied the Asss legs togetherwith a rope and slung him on a pole, and at last reachedthe town, carrying him between them. This was so absurd a sight that the peopleran out in crowds to laugh atit, and chaffed the Father andSon unmercifully, some evencalling them lunatics. Theyhad then got to a bridgeover the river, where thes 137.
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