ESOPO - THE CAMEL THAT STABLE IN RIVER
A camel fording a river very quickly.
stables and so, given the speed of the water, immediately saw its dung in front of him.
"What?, He said. "I had it back a while ago, and here I see him pass in front of me •.
The story is suitable for one of those states in which, instead of the great and wise, dominate the lowest and the foolish
(Aesop's Fables - BUR, Milano, 1976 - p. 171)
A fable of Aesop, which today is well suited to our plight .
But the worst may be yet to come, if the stalemate will continue and the current of the river will be slower - as always happens when you are close to shore.
succederrebbe What? What could be the end, the "fabula docet?
The camel - you know, it tells Aesop - is gentle, easy to put a halter round his neck and can lead even inexperienced girls ( "puerisque parvis circumagendum tradurent" in the beautiful eighteenth-century Latin version of FJ Desbillon)
Sometimes, when the manure rises too much, rebels. It is the revolution. Peaceful and liberal, I hope.
0 comments:
Post a Comment