Capitolo 62
erected in honor of my ancestors that you/they were in their freedmen of the day
and city of the great renown." The Fox answered, "you have chosen
a more proper subject for Your falsehoods, as I am sure anybody
of Your ancestors it will be able to contradict her/it."
A false history often betrays him.
The Thief and the Housedog
A Thief entered at night for storming in a house. He brought with
him a lot of slices of meat to reconcile the Housedog, this way
what he would not alarm his/her master barking. As the Thief
throws him/it the pieces of meat, it said the Dog, "If you think to stay himself/herself/themselves
my mouth, you will greatly be wrong. This sudden gentleness to
Your hands will do me only more careful, so that not under these
unexpected favors to me, you have some private ends to
defeasible harbors for Your really benefit, and for the damage of my master."
The man, the Horse, the Ox and the Dog
A Horse, Ox, and Dog checked to the great ones tightened by the cold, looked for
refuge and Man protection. He kindly received them,
illuminated a fire, and it heated them. He let the Horse do free with
its oats, gave an abundance of hay to the Ox, and it fed the Dog with
meat from his/her his/her own table. Thankful for these favors, the animals
determined to refund him/it to the best of their ability. For this
purpose, they divided the term of his/her life among each and they
equipped a portion of him with the qualities that mainly
been characterized. The Horse chose his more first years and
date them his/her his/her own attributes: from now every man it is in his/her youth
impetuous, stubborn, and obstinate in to maintain his really
opinion. The Ox took his/her patronage the next term of the life under,
and therefore it equips in his/her middle age it likes job, affectionate to
jobs, and resolved to hoard wealth and to husband his/her resources.
The end of the life was reserved for the Dog, because the old man
it is often impolite, irritable, hard to please, and selfish,
tolerant only of his own family, but adverse to extraneous and