Aesop Fable information part 6
6|The Miller, His Son, and Their Ass|FORE=0|BACK=3|MARG=5|SCFX=6
The Miller, His Son, and Their Ass^15
A miller and his son were driving their Ass to a neighboring fair to
sell him. They had not gone far when they met with a troop of women
collected round a well, talking and laughing. "Look there," cried one
of them, "did you ever see such fellows, to be trudging along the road
on foot when they might ride?" The old man hearing this, quickly made
his son mount the Ass, and continued to walk along merrily by his
side. Presently they came up to a group of old men in earnest debate.
"There," said one of them, "it proves what I was a-saying. What
respect is shown to old age in these days? Do you see that idle lad
riding while his old father has to walk? Get down, you young
scapegrace, and let the old man rest his weary limbs." Upon this the
old man made his son dismount, and got up himself. In this manner
they had not proceeded far when they met a company of women and
children: "Why, you lazy old fellow," cried several tongues at once,
"how can you ride upon the beast, while that poor little lad there can
hardly keep pace by the side of you?" The good-natured Miller
immediately took up his son behind him. They had now almost reached
the town. "Pray, honest friend," said a citizen, "is that Ass your
own?" "Yes," replied the old man. "O, one would not have thought
so," said the other, "by the way you load him. Why, you two fellows
are better able to carry the poor beast than he you." "Anything to
please you," said the old man; "we can but try." So, alighting with
his son, they tied the legs of the Ass together and with the help of a
pole endeavored to carry him on their shoulders over a bridge near the
entrance to the town. This entertaining sight brought the people in
crowds to laugh at it, till the Ass, not liking the noise nor the
strange handling that he was subject to, broke the cords that bound
him and, tumbling off the pole, fell into the river. Upon this, the
old man, vexed and ashamed, made the best of his way home again,
convinced that by endeavoring to please everybody he had pleased
nobody, and lost his Ass in the bargain.
The Miller, His Son, and Their Ass^15
A miller and his son were driving their Ass to a neighboring fair to
sell him. They had not gone far when they met with a troop of women
collected round a well, talking and laughing. "Look there," cried one
of them, "did you ever see such fellows, to be trudging along the road
on foot when they might ride?" The old man hearing this, quickly made
his son mount the Ass, and continued to walk along merrily by his
side. Presently they came up to a group of old men in earnest debate.
"There," said one of them, "it proves what I was a-saying. What
respect is shown to old age in these days? Do you see that idle lad
riding while his old father has to walk? Get down, you young
scapegrace, and let the old man rest his weary limbs." Upon this the
old man made his son dismount, and got up himself. In this manner
they had not proceeded far when they met a company of women and
children: "Why, you lazy old fellow," cried several tongues at once,
"how can you ride upon the beast, while that poor little lad there can
hardly keep pace by the side of you?" The good-natured Miller
immediately took up his son behind him. They had now almost reached
the town. "Pray, honest friend," said a citizen, "is that Ass your
own?" "Yes," replied the old man. "O, one would not have thought
so," said the other, "by the way you load him. Why, you two fellows
are better able to carry the poor beast than he you." "Anything to
please you," said the old man; "we can but try." So, alighting with
his son, they tied the legs of the Ass together and with the help of a
pole endeavored to carry him on their shoulders over a bridge near the
entrance to the town. This entertaining sight brought the people in
crowds to laugh at it, till the Ass, not liking the noise nor the
strange handling that he was subject to, broke the cords that bound
him and, tumbling off the pole, fell into the river. Upon this, the
old man, vexed and ashamed, made the best of his way home again,
convinced that by endeavoring to please everybody he had pleased
nobody, and lost his Ass in the bargain.
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