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These stories provided by children's author Rick Walton's Online Library.
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The Dancing Monkeys
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A PRINCE had some Monkeys trained to dance. Being naturally great mimics of men's actions, they showed themselves most
apt pupils, and when arrayed in their rich clothes and masks, they danced as well as any of the courtiers. The
spectacle was often repeated with great applause, till on one occasion a courtier, bent on mischief, took from his
pocket a handful of nuts and threw them upon the stage. The Monkeys at the sight of the nuts forgot their dancing and
became (as indeed they were) Monkeys instead of actors. Pulling off their masks and tearing their robes, they fought
with one another for the nuts. The dancing spectacle thus came to an end amidst the laughter and ridicule of the
audience.
The Fox and the Leopard
THE FOX and the Leopard disputed which was the more beautiful of the two. The Leopard exhibited one by one the various
spots which decorated his skin. But the Fox, interrupting him, said, "And how much more beautiful than you am I, who am
decorated, not in body, but in mind."
(from Aesop's Fables, translated by George Townsend)
Picture Credits
Original bunny climbing rope picture by Paige Miglio (copyright 2000 ©) from One More Bunny authored by Rick Walton.
Original purple monster picture by Renee Williams-Andriani (copyright 1998 ©) from Really, Really Bad School Jokes authored by Rick Walton.
Original bullfrog seated picture by Chris McAllister (copyright 1999 ©) from Bullfrog Pops! authored by Rick Walton.
Electronic modifications by Ann Walton.
Last updated: September 27, 2003
