"Che Buffoon &-> 

 the Countryman 



T a country fair there was a Buffoon 

 who made all the people laugh by 

 imitating the cries of various 

 animals. He finished off by 

 squeaking so like a pig that the spectators 

 thought that he had a porker concealed about 

 him. But a Countryman who stood by said : 

 " Call that a pig's squeak ! Nothing like 

 it. You give me till to-morrow and I will 

 show you what it's like.' The audience 

 laughed, but next day, sure enough, the 

 Countryman appeared on the stage, and 

 putting his head down squealed so hideously 

 that the spectators hissed and threw stones at 

 him to make him stop. " You fools ! ' he 

 cried, " see what you have been hissing,' and 

 held up a little pig whose ear he had been 

 pinching to make him utter the squeals. 



®$tn often applaud an imitation, anti Ijigg tlje real 



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