

The Boar and the Ass.A little scoundrel of an Ass, happening to meet with a Boar, had a mindto be arch upon him, and so, says he: "Your humble servant." The Boar,somewhat nettled at his familiarity, bristled up to him, and told him hewas surprised to hear him utter so impudent an untruth, and was justgoing to show his resentment by giving him a rip in the flank; butwisely stifling his passion, he contented himself with saying: "Go, yousorry beast! I do not care to foul my tusks with the blood of so base acreature." Dignity cannot afford to quarrel with its inferiors. From Aesop's Fables |