Russian Fable
Krylov and his fables
Russian Literature – Children Books – Russian Poetry – Ivan. A. Krylov – Contents
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The Peasant And The Horse
A PEASANT was sowing oats one day. Seeing that, a young Horse began to reason about it, grumbling to itself.
” A pretty piece of work this, for which he brings such a lot of oats here ! And yet they say men are wiser than we are. Can anything possibly be more foolish or ridiculous than to plough up a whole field like this, in order to scatter one’s oats over it afterwards to no purpose ? Had he given them to me, or to the bay here, or had he even thought fit to fling them to the fowls, it would have all been more like business. Or even if he had hoarded them up, I should have recognised avarice in that. But to fling them uselessly away ! No ; that is sheer stupidity.”
Meanwhile time passed ; and in the autumn the oats were garnered, and the Peasant fed this very Horse on them.
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Reader, there can be no doubt that you do not approve of the Horse’s opinions. But, from the oldest times to our own days, has not man been equally audacious in criticising the designs of Providence, although, in his blind folly, he sees nothing of its means or ends ?
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Russian Literature – Children Books – Russian Poetry – Ivan. A. Krylov – Contents
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