Henry Wallace Phillips

Name: Fables for the Times
Author: Henry Wallace Phillips

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“Fables for the Times”, is a work by Henry Wallace Phillips. It explores elements such as ass, hippopotamus and ostrich.

Quotes from Fables for the Times (Henry Wallace Phillips)

Henry Wallace Phillips, Fables for the Times

“ An ostrich, who was closely pursued by a hunter, suddenly thrust his head deep down into the sand.
"Ah! ah!" exulted the hunter, "I have the silly thing at last." He advanced to place a rope around the bird's legs; but the ostrich, who had accurately timed his arrival, landed a kick in the pit of his stomach that sent him into the hereafter like a bullet through a fog-bank.
IMMORAL:
"Umph," said the ostrich as he surveyed his victim, "because a man looks sad at the opening of a jack-pot, it doesn't necessarily follow that he's only got ace-high." ”

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Henry Wallace Phillips, Fables for the Times

“ A man who had traveled over many countries was shipwrecked off the coast of Opera land. After a desperate battle with the waves he managed to near the shore where the cruel waves played with him like a cat with a mouse. He would pull himself up the beach, half fainting, and a great, dancing, hissing breaker would pounce upon him and drive him back.
He called for help until the inhabitants espied him.
They came in a group, the women costumed as milkmaids and the men as cavaliers.
After making about twenty feet the company stopped.
"Oh! save him, save him!" sang the soprano. ”

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Henry Wallace Phillips, Fables for the Times

“ An ass, having seen a monkey doing tricks on a roof, to the edification of the villagers, became envious, and essayed to emulate his more agile rival.
The roof broke under his greater weight, and he fell through on his master, squashing him flatter than a pan-cake. Thenceforward, having no one to say him nay, he lived a life of peace and plenty, coming and going at his own sweet will, while the monkey was captured by an organ grinder and works eighteen hours a day.
IMMORAL:
People are not always such asses as they seem to us.
The Monkey and the Ass
The Merchant and the Fool. ”

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Henry Wallace Phillips, Fables for the Times

“ A wolf that had been left for dead by the dogs lay not far from a running brook. He felt that one good drink might save his life. Just then a sheep passed near.
"Pray, sister," said he very gently, but with a sinister twinkle of his eye teeth, "bring me some water from yon stream."
"Certainly," said the sheep, and she brought him a glass in which she had poured a few knock-out drops. As she sat on his corpse a little later she moralized in this manner: "Some clever people are wicked, but all wicked people are not clever by a d——d sight."
The Wolf and the Sheep
The Ambitious Hippopotamus. ”

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Henry Wallace Phillips, Fables for the Times

“ The Ass in the Lion's Skin.
An ass, by some means unknown to the writer, having managed to get into a lion's skin, ran around the neighborhood frightening the beasts into fits. When he brayed, they said: "Jupiter! what a magnificent bass voice he has!" and he was the pantata of that district until he died of old age.
IMMORAL:
A good bluff, well chucked, is liable to do considerable execution.
The Ass in the Lion's Skin
The Horse and the Oyster. ”

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Henry Wallace Phillips, Fables for the Times

“ The hippopotamus made for home at her best speed. Arriving over the familiar spot, she let go all holds and came down ker-splash in the mud, knocking the astonished little hippopotamuses out into mid-stream.
"Oh, Jupiter! take 'em off!" she gasped. "I now see that the hippopotamus was not intended to fly."
IMMORAL:
It takes more than nine bloomers to make a man.
The Ambitious Hippopotamus
The Man and the Serpent. ”

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Henry Wallace Phillips, Fables for the Times

“ It is useless to attempt to gain the good-will of suspicious characters.
The Tiger and the Deer
The Old Man, His Son and the Ass.
An old man and his little boy were once driving an ass to the market-place. "What's the matter with one of you riding?" said a passer-by. So the man put his boy on the ass and they went on. The next person they met said it was a shame to see a boy ride while an old man walked. The man lifted the boy off and got on himself. ”

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Henry Wallace Phillips, Fables for the Times

“ The lion regarded him out of the corner of his eye. Then, in his grandest manner, said: "Run along home to your ma, little sheep; I was only playing with you," and walked off through the forest with a great deal of dignity.
The Baa-Sheep and the Lion
The Dog and the Meat. ”

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