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The other Traveller thought that if his companion was rewarded so

splendidly for telling a lie, he himself would certainly receive

a still greater reward for telling the truth; so, when the Ape

turned to him and said, "And what, sir, is your opinion?" he

replied, "I think you are a very fine Ape, and all your subjects

are fine Apes too." The King of the Apes was so enraged at his

reply that he ordered him to be taken away and clawed to death.

THE ASS AND HIS BURDENS