Æsop's Fables (V. S. Vernon-Jones)/The Bull and the Calf

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3911625Æsop's Fables: A New Translation — The Bull and the CalfVernon S. Vernon JonesAesop

THE BULL AND THE CALF

A FULL-GROWN Bull was struggling to force his huge bulk through the narrow entrance to a cow-house where his stall was, when a young Calf came up and said to him, “If you’ll step aside a moment, I’ll show you the way to get through.” The Bull turned upon him an amused look. “I knew that way,” said he, “before you were born.”