so soon as we lose sight of them, 

 they hasten to betray us and 

 return to their former wild and 

 mischievous liberty. The rose 

 and the corn, had they wings, 

 would fly at our approach like 

 the birds. 



Among the animals, we num- 

 ber a few servants who have 

 submitted only through indiffer- 

 ence, cowardice or stupidity: the 

 uncertain and craven horse, who 

 responds only to pain and is 

 attached to nothing; the passive 

 and dejected ass, who stays with 



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