Capitolo 96
they was almost about to depart, they determined to show their gratitude in
the following way. They divided the life of Man among each and they
endowed a part of him of the qualities that you/they were particularly his
just. The Horse took youth, and from now the young men I am tall-mettled and
impatient of limitation; the Ox took middle age, and accordingly the men in
middle life is you consolidate and hard-working; while the Dog took the maturity,
what the reason is because the old men are irritable and sick-tempered so often,
and, as dogs, mainly tied to those that look at their comfort,
while they is prepared for to those that are little relatives or
disgusting to them.
THE WOLVES, THE SHEEP AND THE RAM
The Wolves sent a deputation to the Sheep with proposals for a to last
the peace among them, on the condition of theirs to abdicate the sheep-dogs to
immediate death. The foolish Sheep agreed upon to the terms; but an old Aries,
of who years had brought him wisdom, you/they had interfered and you/they had said, "As us
are you waited for to live to the peace with you? Because, also with the dogs by hand to
protect us, we am not never sure from Your criminal attacks!"
THE SWAN
You says that the Swan sings, but once in his/her life--when he knows that it
it is almost about to die. A certain man that had felt some song of the Swan,
one day saw one of these birds for sale in the market, and he/she bought him/it
and the takings house with him. Some days later him it had some friends
to supper, and it produced the Swan, and he/she offered him songs for them
fun: but the Swan was silent. In progress of time, when
it was old increasing, it became aware of his/her end that approaches and it broke
in a sweet song, sad. When his/her owner felt him/it, he said angrily, "If
the creature only sings when you/he/she is almost about to die, that that a fool that I was
that day I wanted to feel his/her song! I should have wrung his/her neck
instead of inviting only him to sing."
THE SNAKE È JUPITER
A Snake suffered from a good quantity from the being continually trodden above by man