Æsop's Fables (V. S. Vernon-Jones)/The Ass and his Driver

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3911615Æsop's Fables: A New Translation — The Ass and his DriverVernon S. Vernon JonesAesop

THE ASS AND HIS DRIVER

AN Ass was being driven down a mountain road, and after jogging along for a while sensibly enough he suddenly quitted the track and rushed to the edge of a precipice. He was just about to leap over the edge when his Driver caught hold of his tail and did his best to pull him back: but pull as he might he couldn’t get the Ass to budge from the brink. At last he gave up, crying, “All right, then, get to the bottom your own way; but it’s the way to sudden death, as you’ll find out quick enough.”