The Buffoon And The Countryman |
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The Buffoon And The Countryman
The Buffoon And The Countryman
At a country fair there was a Buffoon who made all the people laugh by
imitating the cries of various animals. He finished off by squeaking so like a
pig that the spectators thought that he had a porker concealed about him. But
a Countryman who stood by said: "Call that a pig`s squeak! Nothing like it.
You give me till tomorrow and I will show you what it`s like." The audience
laughed, but next day, sure enough, the Countryman appeared on the stage, and
putting his head down squealed so hideously that the spectators hissed and
threw stones at him to make him stop. "You fools!" he cried, "see what you
have been hissing," and held up a little pig whose ear he had been pinching to
make him utter the squeals.
"Men Often Applaud An Imitation And Hiss The Real Thing."
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