The Monkey And The Dolphin
Aesop Fable: The Monkey And The Dolphin
A sailor, bound on a long voyage, took with him a Monkey
to amuse him while on shipboard. As he sailed off the
coast of Greece, a violent tempest arose in which the ship
was wrecked and he, his Monkey, and all the crew were
obliged to swim for their lives.
A Dolphin saw the Monkey
contending with the waves, and supposing him to be a man
(whom he is always said to befriend), came and placed himself
under him, to convey him on his back in safety to the
shore. When the Dolphin arrived with his burden in sight of
land not far from Athens, he asked the Monkey if he were
an Athenian. The latter replied that he was, and that he
was descended from one of the most noble families in that
city. The Dolphin then inquired if he knew the Piraeus (the
famous harbor of Athens).
Supposing that a man was meant,
the Monkey answered that he knew him very well and that
he was an intimate friend. The Dolphin, indignant at these
falsehoods, dipped the Monkey under the water and
drowned him.
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