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and the other with pottery. As they went along the road, the camel kept 
stretching back his long neck to pilfer the vegetables. Upon observing this, 
the potter’s wife began laughing, and jested her friend on her ill-luck. 
‘‘ Sister,” said she, “ at the end of the journey there will not be a single 
vegetable left—you’ll have nothing whatever to sell!” “ It is true you are 
luckier than I am,” answered the gardener’s wife, “ but remember the first 
to win are the last to lose !” When they arrived at the market place, the 
camel man ordered his animal to kneel down, but the weight on one side was 
so much greater, by this time, than the weight on the other, that the camel 
gave a lurch as he got on his foreknees, and crushed the pottery between 
himself and the earth, so that most of it was smashed, and what was not 
smashed was cracked. So it ended that the gardener’s wife had something 
at least to sell, but the potter’s wife had nothing. 
X. The Mule and the Traveller. 
A certain mule, having a great opinion of himself, began braying pre¬ 
tentiously, so that every one stopped to say “ Who is that ?” A traveller 
passing by at that moment said to him, “ 0 Sir, pray tell me what was the 
name of your mother ?” “ My mother’s name was Mare” answered the 
mule proudly. “ And what was your father’s name ?” continued the 
traveller. “ Be off,” said the mule, “ be off ! None of your jesting with 
me. You are impertinent !” 
XI. TMe Tiger and the Cat. 
Tigers at first were ignorant, until the king of the tigers once came 
to the cat and begged him for lessons. The cat consenting taught the 
tiger to watch, to crouch, to spring, and all the other accomplishments so 
familiar to the race. At last when he thought he had learnt everything 
the cat had to impart, the tiger made a spring at his teacher intending to 
tear him and eat him. Instantly the cat ran nimbly up a tree whither 
the tiger was unable to follow. “ Come down,” cried the tiger, “ come down 
instantly !” “ No, no,” replied the cat. “ How fortunate for me that I did 
not teach you more ! Otherwise you would have been able to pursue me 
even here.” 
XII. The Dog and the Cock. 
Once upon a time a dog and a cock were sworn friends. But a famine 
fell on the land and the dog said to the cock, “ There is no food for me 
here, so I am going away to another country. I tell you this that yon 
may not blame me, and say, ‘ This dog was my friend, but he left me with¬ 
out a word !’ ” The cock answered, O dog, we are both friends. If you 
go, I go. Let us go together, and as you are a dog you can forage for us 
both, since if 1 expose myself the village dogs will set on me and eat me 
