Russian Fable
Krylov and his fables
Russian Literature – Children Books – Russian Poetry – Ivan. A. Krylov – Contents
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The Monkey And The Spectacles
A MONKEY became weak-sighted in old age. Now it had heard men say that this misfortune was one of no great importance ; only one must provide oneself with glasses. So it gets half-a-dozen pairs of spectacles, turns them now this way and now that, puts them on the top of its head, applies them to its tail, smells them, licks them; still the spectacles have no effect at all on its sight.
” Good lack ! ” it cries, ” what fools they be who listen to all the nonsense men utter ! They’ve told me nothing but lies about the spectacles. There isn’t an atom of good in them.”
Here the Monkey, in its vexation and annoyance, flung them down on a stone so violently that they were utterly broken to bits.
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Unfortunately, men behave in the same way. However useful a thing may be, an ignorant man, who knows nothing about its value, is sure to speak ill of it, and, if he possesses any influence, he persecutes it too.
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Russian Literature – Children Books – Russian Poetry – Ivan. A. Krylov – Contents
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