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THE MULE. Aesop

Aesop's Fable "THE MULE". Illustration by Arthur Rackham

Aesop's Fable "THE MULE". Illustration by Arthur Rackham

One morning a Mule, who had too much to eat and too little to do, began to think himself a very fine fellow indeed, and frisked about saying, "My father was undoubtedly a high-spirited horse and I take after him entirely." But very soon afterwards he was put into the harness and compelled to go a very long way with a heavy load behind him. At the end of the day, exhausted by his unusual exertions, he said dejectedly to himself, "I must have been mistaken about my father; he can only have been an ass after all."

THE MULE by Aesop. Arthur Rackham illustration

THE MULE by Aesop. Arthur Rackham illustration

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