Tuesday, April 17, 2007

A summary

The Stag in the Ox-Stall
A STAG, roundly chased by the hounds and blinded by fear to thedanger he was running into, took shelter in a farmyard and hidhimself in a shed among the oxen. An Ox gave him this kindlywarning: "O unhappy creature! why should you thus, of your ownaccord, incur destruction and trust yourself in the house of yourenemy?' The Stag replied: "Only allow me, friend, to stay where Iam, and I will undertake to find some favorable opportunity ofeffecting my escape." At the approach of the evening the herdsmancame to feed his cattle, but did not see the Stag; and even thefarm-bailiff with several laborers passed through the shed andfailed to notice him. The Stag, congratulating himself on hissafety, began to express his sincere thanks to the Oxen who hadkindly helped him in the hour of need. One of them againanswered him: "We indeed wish you well, but the danger is notover. There is one other yet to pass through the shed, who hasas it were a hundred eyes, and until he has come and gone, yourlife is still in peril." At that moment the master himselfentered, and having had to complain that his oxen had not beenproperly fed, he went up to their racks and cried out: "Why isthere such a scarcity of fodder? There is not half enough strawfor them to lie on. Those lazy fellows have not even swept thecobwebs away." While he thus examined everything in turn, hespied the tips of the antlers of the Stag peeping out of thestraw. Then summoning his laborers, he ordered that the Stagshould be seized and killed.
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The Summary of The Stag in the Ox-stall
A stag, chased by hounds, hid into the stall of oxen. Oxen allowed him to hide among them. Luckily, the stag was not found by anybody for an hour. Then, the master of the oxen entered the stall. Because the stag peeped out from the straw, the master found him and decided to kill him.

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