Pets Fables
The Two Dogs
A man had two dogs: a hound, trained to assist him in his sports, and a house dog, taught to watch the house.
When he re~ turned home in the evening after hunting, he always gave the house dog a Large share of his spoil.
The hound, feeling dejected, reproached his companion, saying, "It is very hard to have [to] labor while you, who do not assist in the chase, luxuriate on the fruits of my exertions," The house dog replied, "Do not blame me, my friend, but find fault with the master, who has not taught me to Labor, but to depend for subsistence on the labor of others:' Children cannot be blamed for the faults of their parents.
The Master and His Dogs
A man detained by a storm in his country house first kills his sheep, and then his goats, for the maintenance of his household.
The storm still continuing, he is obliged to slaughter his yoke oxen for food.
On seeing this, his dogs decide: "It is time for us to be off, for if the master spares not his oxen, who work for his gain, how can we expect him to spare us?" He who mistreats his own family is not to be trusted as a friend.
The Dogs and the Fox
A group of wild dogs, finding the skin of a lion, begin to tear it to pieces with their teeth.
A fox, seeing them, says, "If this lion were alive, you would soon find out that his claws were stronger than your teeth."' It is easy to kick a man that is down.
The Dog and the Shadow
It happened that a Dog had got a piece of meat and was carrying it home in his mouth to eat it in peace. Now on his way home he had to cross a plank lying across a running brook.
As he crossed, he looked down and saw his own shadow reflected in the water beneath. Thinking it was another dog with another piece of meat, he made up his mind to have that also.
So he made a snap at the shadow in the water, but as he opened his mouth the piece of meat fell out, dropped into the water and was never seen more.
The Dog and the Oyster
A DOG, used to eating eggs, saw an Oyster and, opening his mouth to its widest extent, swallowed it down with the utmost relish, supposing it to be an egg.
Soon afterwards suffering great pain in his stomach, he said, "I deserve all this torment, for my folly in thinking that everything round must be an egg."
They who act without sufficient thought, will often fall into unsuspected danger.