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Fable · Story

The Ass in the Lion’s Skin

Aesop (George Fyler Townsend translation)Ancient Greek fable tradition · Townsend translationStory
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AN 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.”