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...pass, The lion does not nibble grass...
Says Victor, the jackal, to Rusty, the lion...
Other familiar fables are recognized: the rabbit who slew a lion by showing him his rival in a well (on the principle of Aesop's dog-and-bone tale) ; the gluttonous heron that was strangled by a crab; the mice that gnawed elephants free; the bird with the golden dung (goose of golden eggs) ; the ass in the tiger skin. Translator Ryder's performance is best judged by inspection of the neat economy of some of the interlarded jingles...
...elephant is the lion's meat With drops of trickling ichor...
Loew's State--"The Tower of Lies" continuous. Lion Chaney and Norma Shearer...