Russian Fable
Krylov and his fables
Russian Literature – Children Books – Russian Poetry – Ivan. A. Krylov – Contents
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The Monkey And The Mirror
A MONKEY, which saw its image one day in a mirror, gave a Bear a slight push with its foot, and said,
” Only look, my dear gossip, what a hideous creature that is ! What grimaces it makes ! How it skips about ! I should hang myself from vexation if I were at all like that. But, if we must tell the truth, are there not in the number of our friends five or six such grimacers ? ”
” Why take the trouble to count up your friends ? Would it not be better to take a look at yourself? ” answered the Bear.
But Mishka’s advice was only thrown away uselessly.
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There are plenty of examples of this in the world. No one is ready to recognise himself in a satire. I remarked that only yesterday. We all know that Clement’s hands are not clean. Every one charges Clement with taking bribes ; but he shakes his head with secret horror when he thinks of Peter’s unjust proceedings.
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Russian Literature – Children Books – Russian Poetry – Ivan. A. Krylov – Contents
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