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Title: The Ass In The Lion's Skin Author: Aesop (author of Aesop's Fables) [More Titles by Aesop (author of Aesop's Fables)] An Ass, having put on the Lion's skin, roamed about in the forest, and amused himself by frightening all the foolish animals he met with in his wanderings. At last, meeting a Fox, he tried to frighten him also, but the Fox no sooner heard the sound of his voice, than he exclaimed: "I might possibly have been frightened myself, if I had not heard your bray." No disguise will hide one's true character. [The end] GO TO TOP OF SCREEN |