A MULE, frolicsome from lack of work and from too much corn, galloped … — Aesop's Fables

Aesop's Fables — Aesop

A MULE, frolicsome from lack of work and from too much corn, galloped about in a very extravagant manner, and said to himself: "My father surely was a high-mettled racer, and I am his own child in speed and spirit." On the next day, being driven a long journey, and feeling very wearied, he exclaimed in a disconsolate tone: "I must have made a mistake; my father, after all, could have been only an ass."

Place: ¶453
License: Public domain · Source
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