Roads Tales
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The Ass and His Driver, plot points
- A donkey thinks he knows better than his owner as they move along windy trail in the mountains
- The donkey sees the pair's final destination at the bottom of the mountain
- He tries to get there as soon as possible, by going straight over the cliff
- His owner attempts to stop him
- The owner realizes the supreme foolishness of the donkey and lets him go his own way
The Oxen and the Wheels, plot points
- A pair of oxen drag a cart heavy laden up a mountain path
- They do so without complaint and faithfully
- However, the wheels of ht cart complain loudly and frequently at the weight they hold
- The oxen then accuse the wheels of unduly complaining when they are the ones truly doing all the work
The Gnat and the Bull, plot points
- A bull is going up a mountain trail when a gnat lands on the tip of his horn to catch his breath
- The gnat rests a few minutes and then takes off
- The gnat realizes it was rude to land without the bull's permission and stops to ask his apologies and say his thanks
- The bull proclaims he never even noticed that the gnat had even been there
The Plane Tree, plot points
- Two men walk along a path and see a Plane tree there and move to rest under its shade
- They then begin to proclaim how useless a Plane tree is, as it bears no fruit
- The tree then speaks to the men about how foolish they are to deride that which gives them their shade in the noonday sun
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