Jupiter And The Monkey

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Title:     Jupiter And The Monkey
Author: Aesop (author of Aesop's Fables) [More Titles by Aesop (author of Aesop's Fables)]

Jupiter issued a proclamation to all the beasts of the forest, and promised a royal reward to the one whose offspring should be deemed the handsomest. The Monkey came with the rest, and presented, with all a mother's tenderness, a flat-nosed, hairless, ill-featured young Monkey as a candidate for the promised reward. A general laugh saluted her on the presentation of her son. She resolutely said: "I know not whether Jupiter will allot the prize to my son; but this I do know, that he is the dearest, handsomest, and most beautiful of all who are here."

A mother's love blinds her to many imperfections.

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Aesop's Fable: Jupiter And The Monkey

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