After a quarrel with a stag, the horse
Came to the man for aid.
“I’ll help you,” said the latter, “but, of course,
My rules must be obeyed.
To be your guide, upon your back I’ll sit,
And make for you saddle and a bit.”
Tag: man
The Man with Two Wives – AESOP’S FABLES (yield to all and you will soon have nothing to yield / those who seek to please everybody please nobody)
Aesop’s Fables: A Pop-Up Book of Classic Tales
In ancient times, when men by law
Might marry several wives,
One man had two, who were at war
In daily wrangling lives.
The Man, the Boy and the Donkey – AESOP’S FABLES (please all, and you will please none)
The man and son went down a road –
Their donkey in between them.
“How foolish that the boy should walk!”
Said several who had seen them.
And so at once the father bade,
“Get up upon the donkey, lad!”