" On the next day, being driven a long journey, and feeling very weary, he exclaimed in a disconsolate tone: "I must have made a mistake; my father, after all, could have been only an ass.
A miller and his Son were driving their Ass to a fair.
A Lion and an Ass made an agreement to go out hunting together.
An Old Fellow, in time of war, was allowing his Ass to feed in a green meadow, when he was alarmed by a sudden advance of the enemy.
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.
An Ass, having heard some Grasshoppers chirping, was highly enchanted; and desiring to possess the same charms of melody, demanded what sort of food they lived on, to give them such beautiful voices.
An idle Horse, and an Ass laboring under a heavy burden, were traveling the road together.
A traveler hired an Ass to convey him to a distant place.
An Ass, feeding in a meadow, saw a Wolf approaching to seize him, and immediately pretended to be lame.
When the Ass saw that the huge beast could be assailed with impunity, he let drive at his forehead with his heels.
A man had an Ass and a Maltese Lap-dog, a very great beauty.
An Ass once carried through the streets of the city a famous wooden Image, to be placed in one of its temples.
The Horse fell down straightway under the weight, no longer equal to the burden, and said to his master: "You must now e'en go to the war on foot, for you have transformed me from a Horse into an Ass.
A little scoundrel of an Ass, happening to meet with a Boar, had a mind to be arch upon him, and so, says he: "Your humble servant.
An Ass, being driven along the high road, suddenly started off, and bolted to the brink of a deep precipice.
An Ass and a Cock were together, when a Lion, desperate from hunger, approached.
A Man once kept a Goat and an Ass.
A man wished to purchase an Ass, and agreed with its owner that he should try him before he bought him.
An Ass was loaded with good provisions of several sorts, which, in time of harvest, he was carrying into the field for his master and the reapers to dine upon.
A Horse, proud of his fine trappings, met an Ass on the highway.
