AUTHOR : Aesop's Fable
NO.OF PAGES : 24
TYPE OF BOOK : Fiction
LANGUAGE: ENGLISH
SYNOPSIS :
A DOG looking for a quite and comfortable place to take a nap jumped into the manger of the ox and lay there on the hay.
Some time later the ox, returning hungry from his day's work, entered his stall and found the dog in his manger. The dog, in a rage because he had been awakened from his nap, stood up and barked and snapped whenever the ox came near his hay.
The ox is a patient beast, but finally he protested: "Dog, if you wanted to eat my dinner I would have no objection. But you will neither eat it yourself nor let me enjoy it, which strike me as a very churlish way to act."
Some time later the ox, returning hungry from his day's work, entered his stall and found the dog in his manger. The dog, in a rage because he had been awakened from his nap, stood up and barked and snapped whenever the ox came near his hay.
The ox is a patient beast, but finally he protested: "Dog, if you wanted to eat my dinner I would have no objection. But you will neither eat it yourself nor let me enjoy it, which strike me as a very churlish way to act."
MORAL:
Some begrudge others what they cannot enjoy themselves.
GLOSSARY :
1- nap - Sleep lightly or briefly, especially during the day
2- hay - Grass that has been mown and dried for use as fodder.
3- manger - A long trough from which horses or cattle feed.
4- rage - Anger
5- churlish - Rude in a mean-spirited and surly way
2- hay - Grass that has been mown and dried for use as fodder.
3- manger - A long trough from which horses or cattle feed.
4- rage - Anger
5- churlish - Rude in a mean-spirited and surly way
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