ONE OF ESOP'S FABLES.

New Zealand Mail, Issue 1265, 28 May 1896, Page 8

ONE OF ESOP'S FABLES.

The Camel met the Giraffe on tho path leading down to the pool, and after the usual “Howdy" had been exchanged, the Giraffe complainingly said—- ‘ I was going down for a drink, but tho Rhinoceros stands in the path and will not let me reach the pool. 4 Did you bluff him V asked the Camel. 4 I did, but it was n. g.’ 4 Did you sass him 1' 4 1 did, but ho only grinned at me.' 4 Call him names, and sneer at and ridicule him V 1 Truly i did, but he grinned the more. What a shame that nature did not make me a fighter. !’ 4 My dear boy,’ said the Camel, as he coughed up a salmon tin, which had been tickling his stomach for three days, 4 1 am no fightor myself, but I have learned that a little flattery goes farther than two knockdowns. Come along and sec mo handle old Rhino.’ When the two had approached within ten foot of the Rhinoceros, the big beast called upon them to halt, and ns they came to a stand, the Camel winked at the Giraffe, and began—--4 0 mighty Rhino, 1 have come to tell you something. It was not half an hour ago that the Grasshopper was blowing around that ho could wollop you in two minutes. 4 He was, eh ? Says lie kin wollop me, does he V He does, 0 Rhino. He’s up the path about half a mile, and he says ■’ 4 Durn his hide, but I kin lick ten acres of his family before breakfast ! Git out of the way, and let me go for him !" MORAL. ‘My 1 ong-i:ecked friend,’ said tho Camel, after the pair had quenched their thirst, 4 there are some things you can climb over and some you can’t. When you meet a thing you can't climb over, ju.-t use a little suit soap to help you to dodge it. ’